IC2156 (Open cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , IC2156 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 20:06, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:31, 73° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:42, 35° above your western horizon.
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Name
IC2156
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Object type
Open cluster
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Position
| Right ascension: | 06h04m [2] |
| Declination: | +24°09' [2] |
| Constellation: | Gemini |
| Distance: | 2.1 kpc 6.8 klyr [1] |
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