Collinder 256 (Open cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , Collinder 256 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:38 (PDT), 77° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:21, 81° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:25, when it sinks below 13° above your western horizon.
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Name
Collinder 256
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Object type
Open cluster
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Position
| Right ascension: | 12h25m [1] |
| Declination: | +26°00' [1] |
| Constellation: | Coma Berenices |
| Magnitude: | 1.80 (V) [1] |