NGC956 (Open cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , NGC956 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:36 (EST), 41° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:07, 86° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:44, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
NGC956
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Object type
Open cluster
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Position
| Right ascension: | 02h32m [1] |
| Declination: | +44°35' [1] |
| Constellation: | Andromeda |
| Magnitude: | 8.90 (V) [1] 8.90 (P) [2] |