H05 - Open Cluster in Crux

H05 is a Open Cluster in the Crux constellation. H05 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern emisphere.

Available Resources for H05 - Open Cluster in Crux

• Photometric information of H05
• Apparent size of H05
• Digitized Sky Survey image of H05
• Celestial coordinates and finder charts of H05.
• Rise ans set times of H05 from your location.

Photometric information of H05

The following table lists the magnitude of H05 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).

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

Apparent size of H05

The following table reports H05 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of H05 is a visual representation of it.

Digitized Sky Survey image of H05

The image below is a photograph of H05 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 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins).

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of H05

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of H05 are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky charts below show the position of H05 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Rise ans set times of H05 from your location

H05 - Open Cluster in Crux is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]