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 , Cooling Tower is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 01:51 (EST) – 5 hours and 6 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 35° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:52.
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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)[2] 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 |