Consequently atlases such as Uranometria 2000. The final wrinkle for those people using MegaStar is that this atlas marks the correct position for the 'nonexistent' NGC 2163 but incorrectly plots Ced 62 almost 20' east. NGC 2163 is a young star with strong bipolar winds that are interacting with the material surrounding the star. Light from the star is being reflected from this material producing two symmetrical funnel-shaped optical lobes. The DSS image of NGC 2163 included here shows the two lobes extending north-south from the central star giving it an interesting hourglass shape.
Fewer stars are visible to the east of the nebula because of a large, obscuring dust cloud.
It is located 3.5' west of a mag 9 star and appears as a faint 1.5' x 0.5' haze elongated north-south with a hazy mag 12 central star. The south extension is quite faint. An arc of three mag 13 stars is 1.5' north and a mag 14.5 star is 1.5' south. It is best viewed at around 200x without a filter. The nebula should be visible even through modest apertures so why not add this 'nonexistent' object to your next observing list.