Orion's Belt (Collinder 70)

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R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Cambridge , Orion's Belt is visible between 19:34 and 05:24. It will become accessible at around 19:34, when it rises to an altitude of 11° above your eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 00:29, 46° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 05:24 when it sinks below 11° above your western horizon.

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Name Orion's Belt (Collinder 70)
Object type Open cluster
Other names
Orion's Belt
Cr 70[1]
Position
Right ascension:05h35m [1]
Declination:−01°05' [1]
Constellation:Orion
Magnitude:0.60 (V) [1]
Visibility from Cambridge

All times shown in Cambridge local time.

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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