NGC2286 (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 , NGC2286 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 19:55 (PDT), 52° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:16, 52° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 00:19, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name NGC2286
Object type Open cluster
Other names
NGC 2286[2]
Cr 117[3]
Position
Right ascension:06h47m [2]
Declination:−03°08' [2]
Constellation:Monoceros
Magnitude:7.50 (V) [3]
8.16 (B) [2]
Angular dimensions:5.4 arcmin
Distance:2.6 kpc
8.5 klyr [1]
B-V Color (mag):0.66
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-4.57

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