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2362 C — Unknown in Canis Major

Magnitude 4.1m Unknown Canis Major (CMa) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 4.1
Angular Size 8 arcmin
Cl, pL, Ri (30 CMa)

Position & Identifiers

RA 07h 18m 48.0s
Dec -24° 56' 60.0"
Constellation Canis Major (CMa)
Catalog 2362 C

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Easy Easy Easy
150mm Newt. Easy Easy Easy
C8 203mm Easy Easy Easy
Easy Medium Hard Very hard Impossible

Bortle 3 = rural · 4 = outer suburbs · 5 = suburbs

Easy on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season Dec – Feb (peak: Jan)

Nearby in the Sky

Other targets within a few degrees — pan your scope a little and keep exploring.

Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

Tau CMa
Medium
Hot blue O-type star
Double Star mag 4.40 0.0° Canis Major
C64
NGC 2362
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 4.1 0.0° Canis Major
29 CMa
Hard+
Eclipsing binary, period 4.4d
Variable Star mag 4.98 0.4° Canis Major
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