NGC2627 (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 , NGC2627 is visible between 20:24 and 23:39. It will become accessible at around 20:24, when it rises to an altitude of 21° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 22:02, 25° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 23:39 when it sinks below 21° above your southern horizon.

Name NGC2627
Object type Open cluster
Other names
NGC 2627[2]
Cr 188[3]
Mel 87[4]
Position
Right ascension:08h37m [2]
Declination:−29°57' [2]
Constellation:Pyxis
Magnitude:8.40 (V) [4]
Angular dimensions:5.4 arcmin
Distance:2.0 kpc
6.5 klyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-3.11

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