NGC2240 (Open cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , NGC2240 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 20:21, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your north-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:23, 84° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:36, 51° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC2240
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Object type
Open cluster
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Position
| Right ascension: | 06h33m [2] |
| Declination: | +35°15' [2] |
| Constellation: | Auriga |
| Distance: | 450.0 parsec 1467.0 lightyrs [1] |
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