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🌎  Observing from: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
🌅 Sunrise: 6:36  ☀️ Transit: 13:02  🌅 Sunset: 19:29

NGC 5800 - Open Cluster in Lupus

NGC 5800 is a Open Cluster in the Lupus constellation. NGC 5800 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern emisphere.

NGC 5800
Open Cluster
Lupus
Available Resources for NGC 5800 - Open Cluster in Lupus

Apparent size of NGC 5800

The following table reports NGC 5800 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 5800 is a visual representation of it.
4.5 arcmin
4.5 arcmin

Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 5800

The image below is a photograph of NGC 5800 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 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins).

Image of NGC 5800 - Open Cluster in Lupus star
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DSS2 image of NGC 5800 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (4.5 arcmin) and minor (4.5 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 5800

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 5800 are provided in the following table:

15h 01m 47s
-51° 55’ 06”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 5800 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Finder chart NGC 5800 - Open Cluster in Lupus star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 5800 - Open Cluster in Lupus.

Finder chart NGC 5800 - Open Cluster in Lupus star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 5800 - Open Cluster in Lupus.

Rise ans set times of NGC 5800 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

NGC 5800 - Open Cluster in Lupus is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]