NGC886 (Open cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC886 is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky at 21:53, 68° above your northern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 17:26 (EST), 47° above your north-eastern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:31, 28° 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 |
| Distance: | 1.7 kpc 5.5 klyr [1] |
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