NGC886 (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 , 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.

Name NGC886
Object type Open cluster
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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