Key facts
- Right ascension
- 05 06 54
- Declination
- −03 ° 21 ′ 00 ″
- Distance
- 1,300 ly
- Apparent dimensions v
- 8 ′ × 8 ′
- Constellation
- Orion
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- interstellar medium
- Constellation
- Orion
- Image
- ESO-NGC1788.jpg
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- Commons category
- NGC 1788
- catalog code
- [B77] 98
- right ascension
- 76.7250
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1786-02-01
- apparent magnitude
- 5.8
- epoch
- J2000.0
- declination
- -3.3417
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 1788 is a reflection nebula in the constellation of Orion. It is rather sharply defined on its southwest perimeter where it is flanked by the dark nebula known as LDN 1616 (or Lynds 1616). LDN 1616 is apparently part of NGC 1788. The brightest involved star is 10th magnitude and lies in the northwest sector.
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