Melotte 186 (Open cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Columbus , Melotte 186 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 22:09 (EDT), 46° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:47, 53° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:33, when it sinks below 15° above your western horizon.
|
Name
Melotte 186
|
Object type
Open cluster
|
Position
| Right ascension: | 18h01m [1] |
| Declination: | +03°00' [1] |
| Constellation: | Ophiuchus |
| Magnitude: | 3.00 (V) [1] |