The Antares Cluster (Collinder 302)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , the Antares Cluster is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 23:38, when it reaches an altitude of 11° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:19, 21° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 04:49, 13° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
The Antares Cluster (Collinder 302)
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Object type
Open cluster
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Position
| Right ascension: | 16h26m [1] |
| Declination: | -26°13' [1] |
| Constellation: | Scorpius |
| Magnitude: | 1.00 (V) [1] |