NGC1708 (Open cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC1708 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 21:10, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your north-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:43, 71° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 06:02, 58° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
NGC1708
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Object type
Open cluster
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Position
| Right ascension: | 05h03m [2] |
| Declination: | +52°49' [2] |
| Constellation: | Camelopardalis |
| Distance: | 600.0 parsec 1956.0 lightyrs [1] |
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