NGC1980 (Open cluster)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , NGC1980 is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:59 (PDT) – 3 hours and 12 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 26° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:19.

Name NGC1980
Object type Open cluster
Other names
NGC 1980[2]
Cr 72[3]
LBN 977[4]
Position
Right ascension:05h35m [2]
Declination:−05°54' [2]
Constellation:Orion
Magnitude:2.50 (V) [3]
Distance:550.0 parsec
1793.0 lightyrs [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-6.20

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