Nebula · constellation Dor
NGC 2040
NGC 2040ESO 056-164
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 5h 36m 05.9s
- Declination
- -67° 34' 07"
- Size
- 2.1′ × 1.7′
- Position angle
- 160°
- Magnitude
- 11.5 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 21.48 mag/arcsec²(derived)
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Suggested techniques
- HOO, OSC, RGB
- Data source
- OpenNGC
In the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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