NGC2306 (Open cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC2306 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 01:21, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 05:10, 48° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 06:07, 46° above your southern horizon.
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Name
NGC2306
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Object type
Open cluster
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Position
| Right ascension: | 06h54m [2] |
| Declination: | −07°12' [2] |
| Constellation: | Monoceros |
| Distance: | 1.2 kpc 3.9 klyr [1] |
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