The sky around NGC 7486, 3° across, north up NGC 7485 NGC 7514 low-power eyepiece, 1° NE 1°
The sky around NGC 7486 at true scale, north up and east left, with stars to magnitude 8 and the NGC and IC objects in the field. The circles show the field of a low-power eyepiece and of 10×50 binoculars.

NGC 7486

NGC 7486

Unclassified object in Pegasus

Unclassified object in Pegasus.

PEGASUS

The box shows where NGC 7486 sits in Pegasus.

Constellation
PegasusPeg
Magnitude
-visual
Size
-apparent
Distance
-light-years
Best month
Octoberat 9 pm
Best with
Telescope

NGC 7486 is an unclassified object in Pegasus

NGC 7486 is an unclassified object in the constellation Pegasus. It is a telescope object, 6 inches or larger, and it is highest in the evening sky in October.

Unmatched entry: a catalog entry that later surveys could not match to a definite object. It may be a faint star, a flaw on a photographic plate, a lost nebula, or a position recorded with an error.

Finding NGC 7486 from Scheat

Scheat NGC 7486 PEGASUS

NGC 7486 lies 6.0° north of Scheat, the magnitude 2.4 star. Three fingers held at arm's length cover about 5°.

NGC 7486 is highest in the evening in October

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 60°N JAN at 60°N: 32° high at 9 pm FEB at 60°N: 19° high at 9 pm MAR at 60°N: 9° high at 9 pm APR at 60°N: 4° high at 9 pm MAY at 60°N: 6° high at 9 pm JUN at 60°N: 13° high at 9 pm JUL at 60°N: 25° high at 9 pm AUG at 60°N: 40° high at 9 pm SEP at 60°N: 55° high at 9 pm OCT at 60°N: 64° high at 9 pm NOV at 60°N: 60° high at 9 pm DEC at 60°N: 48° high at 9 pm 50°N JAN at 50°N: 30° high at 9 pm FEB at 50°N: 13° high at 9 pm MAR at 50°N: 1° high at 9 pm APR at 50°N: -6° high at 9 pm MAY at 50°N: -4° high at 9 pm JUN at 50°N: 6° high at 9 pm JUL at 50°N: 20° high at 9 pm AUG at 50°N: 39° high at 9 pm SEP at 50°N: 58° high at 9 pm OCT at 50°N: 73° high at 9 pm NOV at 50°N: 67° high at 9 pm DEC at 50°N: 49° high at 9 pm 40°N JAN at 40°N: 26° high at 9 pm FEB at 40°N: 6° high at 9 pm MAR at 40°N: -8° high at 9 pm APR at 40°N: -16° high at 9 pm MAY at 40°N: -13° high at 9 pm JUN at 40°N: -2° high at 9 pm JUL at 40°N: 15° high at 9 pm AUG at 40°N: 37° high at 9 pm SEP at 40°N: 60° high at 9 pm OCT at 40°N: 81° high at 9 pm NOV at 40°N: 71° high at 9 pm DEC at 40°N: 48° high at 9 pm 30°N JAN at 30°N: 22° high at 9 pm FEB at 30°N: -0° high at 9 pm MAR at 30°N: -16° high at 9 pm APR at 30°N: -25° high at 9 pm MAY at 30°N: -23° high at 9 pm JUN at 30°N: -9° high at 9 pm JUL at 30°N: 10° high at 9 pm AUG at 30°N: 33° high at 9 pm SEP at 30°N: 58° high at 9 pm OCT at 30°N: 82° high at 9 pm NOV at 30°N: 70° high at 9 pm DEC at 30°N: 46° high at 9 pm 20°N JAN at 20°N: 17° high at 9 pm FEB at 20°N: -7° high at 9 pm MAR at 20°N: -24° high at 9 pm APR at 20°N: -35° high at 9 pm MAY at 20°N: -32° high at 9 pm JUN at 20°N: -17° high at 9 pm JUL at 20°N: 4° high at 9 pm AUG at 20°N: 29° high at 9 pm SEP at 20°N: 54° high at 9 pm OCT at 20°N: 74° high at 9 pm NOV at 20°N: 65° high at 9 pm DEC at 20°N: 42° high at 9 pm 10°N JAN at 10°N: 11° high at 9 pm FEB at 10°N: -13° high at 9 pm MAR at 10°N: -33° high at 9 pm APR at 10°N: -45° high at 9 pm MAY at 10°N: -41° high at 9 pm JUN at 10°N: -24° high at 9 pm JUL at 10°N: -1° high at 9 pm AUG at 10°N: 24° high at 9 pm SEP at 10°N: 48° high at 9 pm OCT at 10°N: 65° high at 9 pm NOV at 10°N: 58° high at 9 pm DEC at 10°N: 37° high at 9 pm 0° JAN at 0°: 6° high at 9 pm FEB at 0°: -19° high at 9 pm MAR at 0°: -40° high at 9 pm APR at 0°: -55° high at 9 pm MAY at 0°: -50° high at 9 pm JUN at 0°: -31° high at 9 pm JUL at 0°: -7° high at 9 pm AUG at 0°: 18° high at 9 pm SEP at 0°: 41° high at 9 pm OCT at 0°: 55° high at 9 pm NOV at 0°: 50° high at 9 pm DEC at 0°: 30° high at 9 pm 10°S JAN at 10°S: 0° high at 9 pm FEB at 10°S: -25° high at 9 pm MAR at 10°S: -47° high at 9 pm APR at 10°S: -65° high at 9 pm MAY at 10°S: -59° high at 9 pm JUN at 10°S: -37° high at 9 pm JUL at 10°S: -13° high at 9 pm AUG at 10°S: 12° high at 9 pm SEP at 10°S: 33° high at 9 pm OCT at 10°S: 45° high at 9 pm NOV at 10°S: 41° high at 9 pm DEC at 10°S: 24° high at 9 pm 20°S JAN at 20°S: -6° high at 9 pm FEB at 20°S: -30° high at 9 pm MAR at 20°S: -53° high at 9 pm APR at 20°S: -74° high at 9 pm MAY at 20°S: -66° high at 9 pm JUN at 20°S: -42° high at 9 pm JUL at 20°S: -18° high at 9 pm AUG at 20°S: 6° high at 9 pm SEP at 20°S: 25° high at 9 pm OCT at 20°S: 35° high at 9 pm NOV at 20°S: 32° high at 9 pm DEC at 20°S: 17° high at 9 pm 30°S JAN at 30°S: -11° high at 9 pm FEB at 30°S: -35° high at 9 pm MAR at 30°S: -57° high at 9 pm APR at 30°S: -82° high at 9 pm MAY at 30°S: -72° high at 9 pm JUN at 30°S: -46° high at 9 pm JUL at 30°S: -23° high at 9 pm AUG at 30°S: -1° high at 9 pm SEP at 30°S: 17° high at 9 pm OCT at 30°S: 25° high at 9 pm NOV at 30°S: 22° high at 9 pm DEC at 30°S: 9° high at 9 pm 40°S JAN at 40°S: -16° high at 9 pm FEB at 40°S: -38° high at 9 pm MAR at 40°S: -59° high at 9 pm APR at 40°S: -81° high at 9 pm MAY at 40°S: -72° high at 9 pm JUN at 40°S: -49° high at 9 pm JUL at 40°S: -27° high at 9 pm AUG at 40°S: -7° high at 9 pm SEP at 40°S: 8° high at 9 pm OCT at 40°S: 16° high at 9 pm NOV at 40°S: 13° high at 9 pm DEC at 40°S: 2° high at 9 pm below horizon low 20-40° 40-60° overhead-ish

The chart gives its height above the horizon at 9 pm through the year, from 60°N to 40°S. It can be seen from the whole northern hemisphere and south to about 56°S, and never sets north of 56°N.

The distance to NGC 7486 is not well measured

No reliable distance has been measured for it yet.

Objects within 6° of NGC 7486

33 NGC and IC objects lie within 6°. The nearest that are brighter than magnitude 12.5 or have their own page:

NGC 7486 catalog data

FieldValue
ConstellationPegasus
DesignationsNGC 7486
Typeunclassified object
Right ascension (J2000)23h 06.2m
Declination (J2000)+34° 06′
Best withTelescope
Best monthOctober
Catalog pageNGC 7001 to 7500