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Mel071 - Open Cluster in Puppis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:14 | Tran: 22:09 | Set: 3:09
Alt: -48.56°   Az: 336.05°   Direction: North-North-West

Mel071 is a Open Cluster in the Puppis constellation. Mel071 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. Given its visual magnitude of 7.1, Mel071 is visible with the help of a small binocular.

The image below is a photograph of Mel071 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 0.4800x0.4800 degrees (28.80x28.80 arcmins).

Image of Mel071 - Open Cluster in Puppis star
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DSS2 image of Mel071 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (14.4 arcmin) and minor (14.4 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 38m 44s
-12° 06’ 47”
10h 56m 13s
18h 34m 57s

J2000

07h 37m 33s
-12° 03’ 17”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of Mel071 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 Mel071 - Open Cluster in Puppis.

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Finder chart for Mel071 - Open Cluster in Puppis.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of Mel071 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).

7.44
7.1

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

Apparent Size

The following table reports Mel071 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of Mel071 is a visual representation of it.
14.4 arcmin
14.4 arcmin

Rise and Set Times

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

Today's Mel071 - Open Cluster in Puppis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 102.1°
Max altitude: 26.4°
Azimuth: 257.9°