Emission nebula · constellation Dor

NGC 2080

NGC 2080ESO 057-012
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Catalogue data

Right ascension
5h 39m 45.8s
Declination
-69° 38' 39"
Size
1.7′ × 1.5′
Position angle
130°
Magnitude
10.4 (V)
Surface brightness
20.06 mag/arcsec²(derived)
Difficulty
2/5
Suggested techniques
SHO, HOO, NARROWBAND, OSC
Data source
OpenNGC

In LMC. Identified as an HII region in PKSCAT90 (version 1.01).

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