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 at 19:30, 70° above your northern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 17:23 (EST), 62° above your north-eastern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:42, 16° above your northern 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