Open cluster
Northern Trifid (NGC1579)
In Perseus (Per) • Magnitude 99.0 • 10 arcminutes
Open the free AstroPlanner with Northern Trifid pre-selected, scored against your telescope, location, and the live cloud forecast.
Reflection and emission nebula in Perseus, structurally similar to M20.
Northern Trifid at a glance
| Catalog IDs | N 1579 |
| Type | Open cluster |
| Constellation | Perseus (Per) |
| Right ascension | 04h 30m 14s |
| Declination | +35° 16' 10" |
| Apparent magnitude | 99.00 |
| Angular size | 10.2 × 10.2 arcmin |
| Max altitude at 45°N | 80° |
| Best imaging months | Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan |
How to image Northern Trifid
Northern Trifid sits in the constellation Perseus at right ascension 04h 30m 14s and declination +35° 16' 10". 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.