The Cooling Tower (M29)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , the Cooling Tower is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 01:28 (PDT) and reaching an altitude of 45° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 06:01.
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Name
The Cooling Tower (M29)
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Object type
Open cluster
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Position
| Right ascension: | 20h23m [3] |
| Declination: | +38°30' [3] |
| Constellation: | Cygnus |
| Magnitude: | 6.60 (V) [4] 7.30 (B) [3] |
| Angular dimensions: | 3.6 arcmin |
| Distance: | 1.1 kpc 3.7 klyr [2] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.70 |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -3.70 |
Sources