NGC2143 (Open cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC2143 is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:39 (PDT) – 3 hours and 35 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 30° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:11.
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Name
NGC2143
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Object type
Open cluster
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Position
| Right ascension: | 06h03m [2] |
| Declination: | +05°49' [2] |
| Constellation: | Orion |
| Distance: | 800.0 parsec 2608.0 lightyrs [1] |
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