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Cl399 (Brocchi's Cluster) - Association of Stars in Vulpecula

Altitude: -4.9°   Azimuth: 48.4°   Direction: North-East

Cl399 is a Association of Stars in the Vulpecula constellation. Cl399 is situated close to the celestial equator and, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year.

Cl399
Association of Stars
Vulpecula

Cl399 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -4.9°
Azimuth: 48.4°
Direction: North-East

See also Cl399 rise and set times.

Given its visual magnitude of 3.6, Cl399 is barely visible to the naked eye, easily visible with the help of a small binocular.

Available Resources for Cl399 (Brocchi's Cluster) - Association of Stars in Vulpecula

Photometric information of Cl399

The following table lists the magnitude of Cl399 in different bands of the electomagnetic spectrum (when available), from the B band (445nm wavelength, corresponding to the Blue color), to the V band ( 551nm wavelength, corresponding to Green/Yellow color), to the J, H, K bands (corresponding to 1220nm, 1630nm, 2190nm wavelengths respectively, which are colors not visible to the human eye).

3.93
3.6

For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.

Apparent size of Cl399

The following table reports Cl399 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of Cl399 is a visual representation of it.
70 arcmin
70 arcmin

Digitized Sky Survey image of Cl399

The image below is a photograph of Cl399 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 2.3333333333333x2.3333333333333 degrees (140x140 arcmins).

Image of Cl399 (Brocchi's Cluster) - Association of Stars in Vulpecula star
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DSS2 image of Cl399 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (70 arcmin) and minor (70 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of Cl399

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of Cl399 are provided in the following table:

19h 25m 23s
+20° 10’ 59”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of Cl399 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Finder chart Cl399 (Brocchi's Cluster) - Association of Stars in Vulpecula star
Simplified finder chart for Cl399 (Brocchi's Cluster) - Association of Stars in Vulpecula.

Finder chart Cl399 (Brocchi's Cluster) - Association of Stars in Vulpecula star
Simplified finder chart for Cl399 (Brocchi's Cluster) - Association of Stars in Vulpecula.

Rise ans set times of Cl399 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's Cl399 (Brocchi's Cluster) - Association of Stars in Vulpecula rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 69.8°
Max altitude: 58.7°
Azimuth: 290.2°