NGC1647 (Open cluster)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 27 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , NGC1647 is visible between 18:09 and 04:16. It will become accessible at around 18:09, when it rises to an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 23:13, 75° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 04:16 when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name NGC1647
Object type Open cluster
Other names
NGC 1647[2]
Cr 54[3]
Mel 26[4]
Position
Right ascension:04h45m [2]
Declination:+19°05' [2]
Constellation:Taurus
Magnitude:6.40 (V) [4]
6.82 (B) [2]
Distance:540.0 parsec
1760.4 lightyrs [1]
B-V Color (mag):0.42
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-2.26

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