The Hercules Cluster (Abell cluster 2151)

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 Hercules Cluster is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:00 (PDT), 36° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:53, 73° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:34, 38° above your western horizon.

Name The Hercules Cluster (Abell cluster 2151)
Object type Galaxy cluster
Other names
The Hercules Cluster
Abell cluster 2151[1]
Position
Right ascension:16h05m [1]
Declination:+17°44' [1]
Constellation:Hercules
Magnitude:13.80 (R) [1]

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