NGC2428 (Open cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , NGC2428 is visible between 00:02 and 05:13. It will become accessible at around 00:02, when it rises to an altitude of 21° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 02:37, 32° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 05:13 when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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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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