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NGC 5120 - Open Cluster in Centaurus

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -75.28°   Az: 208.61°   Direction: South-South-West

NGC 5120 is a Open Cluster in the Centaurus constellation. NGC 5120 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Given its visual magnitude of 10.8, NGC 5120 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 6 inches (150mm) or more.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 5120 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 5120 - Open Cluster in Centaurus star
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DSS2 image of NGC 5120 in the Red band.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 27m 22s
-63° 35’ 22”
10h 56m 30s
00h 23m 52s

J2000

13h 25m 39s
-63° 27’ 29”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 5120 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 5120 - Open Cluster in Centaurus.

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Finder chart for NGC 5120 - Open Cluster in Centaurus.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 5120 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).

11.68
10.8

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

Rise and Set Times

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

NGC 5120 - Open Cluster in Centaurus is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK