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NGC 1491
NGC 1491 — Emission Nebula NGC 1491
Emission Nebula
· PerseusIntermediate
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Target information
- Object type
- Emission Nebula
- Constellation
- Perseus
- Right ascension
- 4h 03m 24s
- Declination
- +51° 19′ 00″
- Magnitude
- Not recorded
- Angular size
- 9′ × 8′
- Surface brightness
- Not recorded
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Best months
- Oct-Feb
- Catalog IDs
- NGC 1491
About this target
HII region with dark lanes.