NGC654 (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 , NGC654 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 19:53 (PDT), 24° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:35, 51° above your north-western horizon.

Name NGC654
Object type Open cluster
Other names
NGC 654[2]
Cr 18[3]
Mel 9[4]
Position
Right ascension:01h43m [2]
Declination:+61°52' [2]
Constellation:Cassiopeia
Magnitude:6.50 (V) [4]
7.34 (B) [2]
Distance:2.4 kpc
7.9 klyr [1]
B-V Color (mag):0.84
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-5.41

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