The Cooling Tower (Open Cluster)
Red-band image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
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From Ashburn (click to change), Cooling Tower is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible at around 19:22 (EDT) as the dusk sky fades, 88° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 19:24, 89° above your south-eastern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:35, when it sinks to 22° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
Cooling Tower
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Object Type
Open Cluster
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Position
| Constellation: | Cygnus |
| Magnitude: | 6.60 (V)[1] 7.30 (B)[1] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.70 |
| Right Ascension: | 20h23m [1] |
| Declination: | +38°30' [1] |
| Distance: | 1.1 kpc 3.7 klyr [1] |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute Mag (V): | -3.70 |
Source