NGC2355 (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 , NGC2355 is visible between 19:54 and 05:34. It will become accessible at around 19:54, when it rises to an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 00:44, 69° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 05:34 when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name NGC2355
Object type Open cluster
Other names
NGC 2355[2]
Cr 133[3]
Mel 63[4]
Position
Right ascension:07h16m [2]
Declination:+13°44' [2]
Constellation:Gemini
Magnitude:9.70 (V) [4]
Angular dimensions:6.0 arcmin
Distance:2.2 kpc
7.2 klyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-2.01

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