NGC2660 (Open cluster)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , NGC2660 is not readily observable since it lies so far south that it will never rise more than 0° above the horizon.

Name NGC2660
Object type Open cluster
Other names
NGC 2660[2]
Cr 193[3]
Mel 92[4]
Position
Right ascension:08h42m [2]
Declination:−47°12' [2]
Constellation:Vela
Magnitude:8.80 (V) [4]
9.05 (B) [2]
Distance:2.8 kpc
9.2 klyr [1]
B-V Color (mag):0.25
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-3.46

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