NGC2360 (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 , NGC2360 is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:03 (PDT) – 3 hours and 31 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 26° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:34.

Name NGC2360
Object type Open cluster
Other names
C 58[5]
NGC 2360[2]
Cr 134[3]
Mel 64[4]
Position
Right ascension:07h17m [2]
Declination:−15°38' [2]
Constellation:Canis Major
Magnitude:7.20 (V) [5]
7.62 (B) [2]
Distance:1.9 kpc
6.2 klyr [1]
B-V Color (mag):0.42
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-4.18

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