Nebula 033 / 100
Fly Nebula
NGC1931
SkyLabs
At a glance
- Type
- Emission nebula (H II region)
- Constellation
- Aur
- Right ascension
- 5h 31m 25.4s
- Declination
- +34° 15′
- Apparent magnitude
- 10.1
- Angular size
- 4.8x3.8′
- Catalogue
- NGC1931
Located in Auriga.
The outline on your card
A compact emission and reflection complex with an embedded trapezium-like cluster.
- Outline class
- Patchy
- Axis ratio
- 0.80 : 1
- Central source
- Embedded cluster
- Surface brightness
- Medium
- Recorded structure
- Embedded stars · Dark lane
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