Emission nebula · constellation Dor
NGC 2079
NGC 2079ESO 057-011
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 5h 39m 37.6s
- Declination
- -69° 45' 26"
- Size
- 1.1′ × 57.0″
- Position angle
- 160°
- Magnitude
- 11.8 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 20.49 mag/arcsec²(derived)
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Suggested techniques
- SHO, HOO, NARROWBAND, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
Brightest in complex of seven nebulae in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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