NGC1996 (Open cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Columbus , NGC1996 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 18:22 (EST), 22° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:45, 75° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 05:14, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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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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