The Sailboat Cluster (NGC225)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , the Sailboat Cluster is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky shortly before dawn, when it will be lost to twilight at around 04:09, 68° above your northern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 21:28 (EDT), 27° above your north-eastern horizon.
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Name
The Sailboat Cluster (NGC225)
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Object type
Open cluster
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Position
| Right ascension: | 00h43m [2] |
| Declination: | +61°46' [2] |
| Constellation: | Cassiopeia |
| Magnitude: | 7.00 (V) [3] 7.43 (B) [2] |
| Distance: | 657.0 parsec 2141.8 lightyrs [1] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.43 |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -2.09 |
Sources