NGC 2232 is well placed
2017 Dec 27
Dominic Ford – originally published on In-The-Sky.org
The open star cluster NGC 2232 in Monoceros will be well placed for observation. It will reach its highest point in the sky at around midnight local time.
At a declination of -04°45', it is visible across much of the world; it can be seen at latitudes between 65°N and 74°S.
From London (click to change), it will be visible between 20:27 and 03:37. It will become accessible at around 20:27, when it rises 17° above your south-eastern horizon, and then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:04, 33° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 03:37 when it sinks to 17° above your south-western horizon.
At magnitude 3.9, NGC2232 is tricky to make out with the naked eye except from a dark site, but is visible through a pair of binoculars or small telescope.
The precise position of NGC2232 is as follows:
| Object | Right Ascension | Declination | Constellation | Magnitude | Angular Size |
| NGC2232 | 06h26m30s | -04°45' | Monoceros | 3.9 | 0'30" |
The coordinates above are given in J2000.0.
The details of this observing event were provided courtesy of In-The-Sky.org
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