Galaxy
NGC 1672 (NGC1672)
In Dorado (Dor) • Magnitude 10.2 • 6.1 arcminutes
Open the free AstroPlanner with NGC 1672 pre-selected, scored against your telescope, location, and the live cloud forecast.
Barred spiral galaxy in Dorado.
NGC 1672 at a glance
| Catalog IDs | N 1672 |
| Type | Galaxy |
| Constellation | Dorado (Dor) |
| Right ascension | 04h 45m 42s |
| Declination | -59° 14' 50" |
| Apparent magnitude | 10.20 |
| Surface brightness | 22.9 mag/arcsec² |
| Angular size | 6.1 × 5.5 arcmin |
| Max altitude at 45°N | Below horizon |
| Best imaging months | Nov, Dec, Jan |
How to image NGC 1672
NGC 1672 sits in the constellation Dorado at right ascension 04h 45m 42s and declination -59° 14' 50". 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 a galaxy, NGC 1672 needs the darkest skies you can find: surface brightness, not just apparent magnitude, drives whether it will lift out of the gradient.