menu
A Complete Guide to the Solar System and the Night Sky
Home
Search Objects
Major Solar System Objects
Comets
Asteroids
Spacecrafts
Star Maps
Orbits
public  Île-de-France, France Île-de-France, France  ⓘ
Timezone: UTC
Sunrise: 6:03 
Transit: 12:05 
Sunset: 18:08
Search  close

In Evidence

3I/ATLAS: A Month-by-Month Observing Guide
Discover how to observe the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it passes through the inner Solar System in 2025 Read more...

Other deep sky objects in Centaurus
All Constellations »  Centaurus »  Deep Sky Objects » 

NGC 4937 - Association of Stars in Centaurus

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:36 | Tran: 17:35 | Set: 23:33
Alt: 32.26°   Az: 209.56°   Direction: South-South-West

NGC 4937 is a Association of Stars in the Centaurus constellation. NGC 4937 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 4937 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5000x0.5000 degrees (30.00x30.00 arcmins).

Image of NGC 4937 - Association of Stars in Centaurus star
/>
DSS2 image of NGC 4937 in the Red band.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 06m 20s
-47° 21’ 20”
02h 32m 04s
15h 38m 25s

J2000

13h 04m 51s
-47° 13’ 09”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 4937 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

loader
  Loading map...
Finder chart for NGC 4937 - Association of Stars in Centaurus.

loader
  Loading map...
Finder chart for NGC 4937 - Association of Stars in Centaurus.

Rise and Set Times

Location: Île-de-France, France
Latitude: 0° 00’ 00” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: UTC

Today's NGC 4937 - Association of Stars in Centaurus rise, transit and set times from Île-de-France, France are the following (all times relative to the local timezone UTC):

Azimuth: 137.4°
Max altitude: 42.6°
Azimuth: 222.6°