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 all night. It will become visible at around 17:46 (PST), 27° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:38, 71° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:39, 26° 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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