Emission nebula
Maia Nebula (NGC1432)
In Taurus (Tau) • Magnitude 99.0 • 1.0 degrees
Open the free AstroPlanner with Maia Nebula pre-selected, scored against your telescope, location, and the live cloud forecast.
Reflection nebula around Maia in the Pleiades.
Maia Nebula at a glance
| Catalog IDs | N 1432 |
| Type | Emission nebula |
| Constellation | Taurus (Tau) |
| Right ascension | 03h 45m 50s |
| Declination | +24° 22' 04" |
| Apparent magnitude | 99.00 |
| Angular size | 60.0 × 40.0 arcmin |
| Max altitude at 45°N | 69° |
| Best imaging months | Nov, Dec, Jan |
How to image Maia Nebula
Maia Nebula sits in the constellation Taurus at right ascension 03h 45m 50s and declination +24° 22' 04". To frame and integrate it well, AstroPlanner will compute the optimal moonless window for tonight from your location, the field-of-view fit against your sensor and focal length, the suggested total integration time given your aperture and sky Bortle class, and a cloud-aware schedule that drops it from the plan if your nearest cloud forecast spike overlaps the best altitude window. As an emission nebula, Maia Nebula responds very well to dual-narrowband filters under city skies.