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Mel072 - Open Cluster in Puppis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:16 | Tran: 16:19 | Set: 21:23
Alt: -49.09°   Az: 352.92°   Direction: North

Mel072 is a Open Cluster in the Puppis constellation. Mel072 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 10.1, Mel072 is visible with the help of a binocular with a 80mm aperture or a small telescope.

The image below is a photograph of Mel072 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 Mel072 - Open Cluster in Puppis star
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DSS2 image of Mel072 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (7.5 arcmin) and minor (7.5 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 29m 51s
-10° 45’ 13”
11h 41m 08s
19h 10m 59s

J2000

07h 28m 39s
-10° 41’ 59”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of Mel072 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 Mel072 - Open Cluster in Puppis.

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Finder chart for Mel072 - Open Cluster in Puppis.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of Mel072 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).

10.1

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

Apparent Size

The following table reports Mel072 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of Mel072 is a visual representation of it.
7.5 arcmin
7.5 arcmin

Rise and Set Times

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

Today's Mel072 - 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: 100.8°
Max altitude: 27.8°
Azimuth: 259.2°