NGC7226 (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 , NGC7226 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:31 (PDT), 41° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:55, 68° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:14, 41° above your north-western horizon.

Name NGC7226
Object type Open cluster
Other names
NGC 7226[2]
Cr 446[3]
Position
Right ascension:22h10m [2]
Declination:+55°23' [2]
Constellation:Cepheus
Magnitude:9.60 (V) [3]
10.11 (B) [2]
Distance:2.6 kpc
8.5 klyr [1]
B-V Color (mag):0.51
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-2.49

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