The Coma Cluster (Abell cluster 1656)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , the Coma Cluster is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:19 (PDT), 35° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:41, 83° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:25, 29° above your western horizon.

Name The Coma Cluster (Abell cluster 1656)
Object type Galaxy cluster
Other names
The Coma Cluster
Abell cluster 1656[1]
Position
Right ascension:12h59m [1]
Declination:+27°58' [1]
Constellation:Coma Berenices
Magnitude:13.50 (R) [1]

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