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NGC 7114 (Schmidt's Nova Cygni) - Star in Cygnus

Altitude: 47.4°   Azimuth: 75.8°   Direction: East-North-East

NGC 7114 is a Star in the Cygnus constellation. NGC 7114 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere.

NGC 7114
Star
Cygnus

NGC 7114 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 47.4°
Azimuth: 75.8°
Direction: East-North-East

See also NGC 7114 rise and set times.

Given its visual magnitude of 3, NGC 7114 is visible to the naked eye under a clear and dark sky, or with the help of a small binocular.

Available Resources for NGC 7114 (Schmidt's Nova Cygni) - Star in Cygnus

Photometric information of NGC 7114

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 7114 in different bands of the electomagnetic spectrum (when available), from the B band (445nm wavelength, corresponding to the Blue color), to the V band ( 551nm wavelength, corresponding to Green/Yellow color), to the J, H, K bands (corresponding to 1220nm, 1630nm, 2190nm wavelengths respectively, which are colors not visible to the human eye).

15.4
3
13.54
13.25
13.11

For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.

Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 7114

The image below is a photograph of NGC 7114 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 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins).

Image of NGC 7114 (Schmidt's Nova Cygni) - Star in Cygnus star
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DSS2 image of NGC 7114 in the Red band.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 7114

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 7114 are provided in the following table:

21h 41m 44s
+42° 50’ 30”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 7114 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Finder chart NGC 7114 (Schmidt's Nova Cygni) - Star in Cygnus star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 7114 (Schmidt's Nova Cygni) - Star in Cygnus.

Finder chart NGC 7114 (Schmidt's Nova Cygni) - Star in Cygnus star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 7114 (Schmidt's Nova Cygni) - Star in Cygnus.

Rise ans set times of NGC 7114 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

NGC 7114 (Schmidt's Nova Cygni) - Star in Cygnus is circumpolar and transits at 04:24 UTC (altitude: 81.4°)