NGC2112 (Open cluster)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 21 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , NGC2112 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 21:35, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:35, 48° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:29, 22° above your western horizon.

Name NGC2112
Object type Open cluster
Other names
NGC 2112[2]
Cr 76[3]
Position
Right ascension:05h53m [2]
Declination:+00°24' [2]
Constellation:Orion
Magnitude:9.10 (V) [3]
Distance:940.0 parsec
3064.4 lightyrs [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-0.77

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