Emission nebula
Merope Nebula (NGC1435)
In Taurus (Tau) • Magnitude 99.0 • 30 arcminutes
Open the free AstroPlanner with Merope Nebula pre-selected, scored against your telescope, location, and the live cloud forecast.
Brightest reflection patch within the Pleiades dust complex.
Merope Nebula at a glance
| Catalog IDs | N 1435 |
| Type | Emission nebula |
| Constellation | Taurus (Tau) |
| Right ascension | 03h 46m 10s |
| Declination | +23° 45' 54" |
| Apparent magnitude | 99.00 |
| Angular size | 30.0 × 30.0 arcmin |
| Max altitude at 45°N | 69° |
| Best imaging months | Nov, Dec, Jan |
How to image Merope Nebula
Merope Nebula sits in the constellation Taurus at right ascension 03h 46m 10s and declination +23° 45' 54". 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, Merope Nebula responds very well to dual-narrowband filters under city skies.