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 morning sky, becoming accessible around 22:02, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your north-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:53, 85° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 04:26, 81° above your north-western horizon.
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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