IC : IC4291

Celestial motion
Date: 2024-05-05
Astronomical night: 22:17 - 04:40 (GMT -5)
IC4291 Celestial motion
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IC4291 Celestial motion
Information about IC4291

General information

IC4291 is the open cluster at magnitude 10 that is placed in Centaurus constellation and has apparent size of 4 angular minutes.
Because of low brightness and large angular size, cluster is available for observations through a 5-inch telescope.

Information for observations

2024-05-05 cluster IC4291 is not reachable.
 

IC4291 on the sky map

IC4291 on the sky map
Object type

Open Cluster

Alternative names

Constellation

Centaurus

Magnitude

10

Apparent size4'
Right ascension13h 36m 55.9s
Declination-62° 3′ 54″

Catalogues

Messier

New General Catalogue (NGC)

International Catalogue (IC)

IC4291

Nearest objects with greater magnitude
Object typeMagnitude
NGC4852Open Cluster8.9
NGC5138Open Cluster7.6
NGC5168Open Cluster9.1
NGC5281Open Cluster5.9
NGC5316Open Cluster6