NGC : NGC2587

Celestial motion
Date: 2024-05-05
Astronomical night: 22:17 - 04:40 (GMT -5)
NGC2587 Celestial motion
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NGC2587 Celestial motion
Information about NGC2587

General information

Open Cluster NGC2587 has the magnitude of 9 and is placed in Puppis constellation. The cluster's apparent sizes are 9 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 NGC2587 is not reachable.
 

NGC2587 on the sky map

NGC2587 on the sky map
Object type

Open Cluster

Alternative names

Constellation

Puppis

Magnitude

9

Apparent size9'
Right ascension8h 23m 25.7s
Declination-29° 29′ 35″

Catalogues

Messier

New General Catalogue (NGC)

NGC2587

International Catalogue (IC)

Nearest objects with greater magnitude
Object typeMagnitude
NGC2527Open Cluster6.5
NGC2520Open Cluster6.5
NGC2533Open Cluster7.6
NGC2567Open Cluster7.4
NGC2571Open Cluster7
NGC2627Open Cluster8.4