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NGC 1963 - Open Cluster in Columba

Below the horizon.  Rise: 18:04 | Tran: 19:33 | Set: 21:01
Alt: -5.91°   Az: 214.17°   Direction: South-West

NGC 1963 is a Open Cluster in the Columba constellation. NGC 1963 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 1963 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 NGC 1963 - Open Cluster in Columba star
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DSS2 image of NGC 1963 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (6.3 arcmin) and minor (6.3 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 33m 09s
-36° 22’ 55”
02h 55m 44s
08h 28m 54s

J2000

05h 32m 17s
-36° 23’ 54”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 1963 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 NGC 1963 - Open Cluster in Columba.

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Finder chart for NGC 1963 - Open Cluster in Columba.

Apparent Size

The following table reports NGC 1963 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 1963 is a visual representation of it.
6.3 arcmin
6.3 arcmin

Rise and Set Times

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

Today's NGC 1963 - Open Cluster in Columba rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.4°
Max altitude: 2.1°
Azimuth: 233.6°