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 between 21:07 and 05:13. It will become accessible at around 21:07, when it rises to an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 01:10, 52° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 05:13 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]
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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