NGC2439 (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 , NGC2439 is visible between 20:57 and 23:25. It will become accessible at around 20:57, when it rises to an altitude of 21° above your southern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 22:11, 24° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 23:25 when it sinks below 21° above your southern horizon.

Name NGC2439
Object type Open cluster
Other names
NGC 2439[2]
Cr 158[3]
Mel 74[4]
Position
Right ascension:07h40m [2]
Declination:−31°41' [2]
Constellation:Puppis
Magnitude:6.90 (V) [4]
7.31 (B) [2]
Angular dimensions:8.7 arcmin
Distance:1.3 kpc
4.2 klyr [1]
B-V Color (mag):0.41
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-3.67

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