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Your location: Santa Clara, United States
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Longitude:
-121.955

How to find NGC1788

This guide uses bright stars first, then narrows the field for a telescope or binocular finder. Use Orion as the main sky landmark.

Follow the route from one recognizable star to the next until you reach NGC1788.

NGC1788 is 14° above the horizon toward the Southeast.

View the current position and visibility tonight

Use Orion as the large-scale sky landmark before following the numbered route.

1

Rigel

Use the constellation outline drawn on the overview to identify Rigel. Then center it in the finder or a low-power eyepiece.

2

Cursa

From Rigel, move about 3.5° toward the north-west until you reach Cursa.

3

NGC1788

From Cursa, move about 1.8° toward the north until you reach NGC1788. This is the target field.

How to find NGC1788

Finder Chart for NGC1788

Finder field 5.0°

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