NGC2141 (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 , NGC2141 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 00:00, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 04:42, 66° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 06:02, 60° above your south-western horizon.

Name NGC2141
Object type Open cluster
Other names
NGC 2141[2]
Cr 79[3]
Position
Right ascension:06h02m [2]
Declination:+10°26' [2]
Constellation:Orion
Magnitude:9.40 (V) [3]
10.43 (B) [2]
Distance:4.0 kpc
13.1 klyr [1]
B-V Color (mag):1.03
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-3.63

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