NGC886 (Open cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC886 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 17:48 (PST), 51° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:27, 60° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:48, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
NGC886
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Object type
Open cluster
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Position
| Right ascension: | 02h23m [2] |
| Declination: | +63°46' [2] |
| Constellation: | Cassiopeia |
| Angular dimensions: | 4.8 arcmin |
| Distance: | 1.7 kpc 5.5 klyr [1] |
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