Reticulum Ret
Reticulum is one of the 88 constellations, covering 114 square degrees of the sky (82nd largest). It is highest at midnight in November and best in the evening sky in December and January.
None of its objects has a page of its own here yet.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Ret |
|---|---|
| Size | 114 square degrees (82nd largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 3h 53m, −61° |
| Highest at midnight | November (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: December and January) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 9° above the horizon; from 50° N it never rises. |
| Pages here | 0 objects |
Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 1313 (on the map) | Galaxy | 9.5 | 11.1′ |
| NGC 1543 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.2 | 3.7′ |
| NGC 1574 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.2 | 4.1′ |
| NGC 1559 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.6 | 4.2′ |
| IC 2056 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.9 | 1.9′ |
| NGC 1536 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.9 | 1.7′ |
| IC 1997 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.5 | 1′ |
| NGC 1463 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.5 | 1.3′ |
| NGC 1490 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.6 | 1.4′ |
| IC 2010 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.7 | 1.2′ |
| NGC 1534 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.8 | 1.7′ |
| IC 2060 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.9 | 1.3′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits