NGC1996 (Open cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC1996 is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:36 (PDT) – 3 hours and 23 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 25° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:52.
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Name
NGC1996
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Object type
Open cluster
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Position
| Right ascension: | 05h38m [2] |
| Declination: | +25°49' [2] |
| Constellation: | Taurus |
| Distance: | 1.4 kpc 4.6 klyr [1] |
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