Melotte 186 (Open cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Los Angeles , Melotte 186 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 23:04, when it reaches an altitude of 15° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:54, 58° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 04:56, 55° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
Melotte 186
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Object type
Open cluster
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Position
| Right ascension: | 18h01m [1] |
| Declination: | +03°00' [1] |
| Constellation: | Ophiuchus |
| Magnitude: | 3.00 (V) [1] |