NGC2428 (Open cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC2428 is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:27 (PDT) – 3 hours and 7 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 22° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:34.
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Name
NGC2428
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Object type
Open cluster
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Position
| Right ascension: | 07h39m [2] |
| Declination: | −16°31' [2] |
| Constellation: | Puppis |
| Distance: | 2.1 kpc 6.8 klyr [1] |
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