NGC 2266 - Open Cluster in Gemini
NGC 2266 is a Open Cluster in the Gemini constellation. NGC 2266 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere.
Photometric information of NGC 2266
The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 2266 in different bands of the electomagnetic spectrum (when available), from the B band (445nm wavelength, corresponding to the Blue color), to the V band ( 551nm wavelength, corresponding to Green/Yellow color), to the J, H, K bands (corresponding to 1220nm, 1630nm, 2190nm wavelengths respectively, which are colors not visible to the human eye).
For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.
Apparent size of NGC 2266The following table reports NGC 2266 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 2266 is a visual representation of it.
Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 2266
The image below is a photograph of NGC 2266 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).
Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 2266
Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 2266 are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 2266 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.