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open cluster in Monoceros

Key facts

Right ascension
07 14 30.0
Declination
−10 ° 16 ′ 00 ″
Distance
3,650 ly (1,119 pc )
Apparent dimensions v
20'
Other designations
Melotte 62, OCL 567
Constellation
Monoceros

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 2353 is a loosely bound open cluster located in the constellation Monoceros. It has an apparent magnitude of 7.1 and an approximate size of 20 arc-minutes. The cluster is dominated by the magnitude 6.0 star HIP 34999, which lies at the southern edge of the cluster.

Location

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 2353” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.