Open cluster · constellation Dor
NGC 2042
NGC 2042ESO 056-163
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 5h 36m 09.6s
- Declination
- -68° 55' 24"
- Size
- 4.5′ × 4.5′
- Position angle
- not available
- Magnitude
- 9.6 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 21.47 mag/arcsec²(derived)
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Suggested techniques
- RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
ESO-B RA is -18 seconds in error. In the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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