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IC 4996 - Open Cluster in Cygnus

Above the horizon.  Rise: 23:55 | Tran: 10:58 | Set: 21:57
Alt: 46.77°   Az: 84.55°   Direction: East

IC 4996 is a Open Cluster in the Cygnus constellation. IC 4996 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Given its visual magnitude of 7.3, IC 4996 is visible with the help of a small binocular.

The image below is a photograph of IC 4996 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 0.5000x0.5000 degrees (30.00x30.00 arcmins).

Image of IC 4996 - Open Cluster in Cygnus star
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DSS2 image of IC 4996 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (6 arcmin) and minor (6 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 17m 28s
+37° 38’ 02”
20h 02m 18s
16h 19m 47s

J2000

20h 16m 32s
+37° 33’ 19”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 4996 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

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Finder chart for IC 4996 - Open Cluster in Cygnus.

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Finder chart for IC 4996 - Open Cluster in Cygnus.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 4996 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).

7.87
7.3

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

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 4996 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 4996 is a visual representation of it.
6 arcmin
6 arcmin

Rise and Set Times

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

Today's IC 4996 - Open Cluster in Cygnus rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 52.4°
Max altitude: 76.2°
Azimuth: 307.6°