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 morning sky, becoming accessible around 19:01, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:21, 81° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:39, 22° 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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