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NGC 2343 — Open Cluster in Monoceros

Open Cluster Good (54/100)
Magnitude 6.7m OpenCluster Monoceros (Mon) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 6.7
Angular Size 7.5′
Cl, cL, P, lC

Position & Identifiers

RA 07h 08m 06.8s
Dec -10° 37' 00.5"
Constellation Monoceros (Mon)
Catalog NGC 2343

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)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 2343 · 7.5′ diameter

5 Best Magnification

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6 Classification Decoder

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.

NGC 2335
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.2 0.7° Monoceros
NGC 2353
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.1 1.6° Monoceros
NGC 2345
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.7 2.6° Canis Major
M50
Heart-Shaped Cluster
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 5.9 2.6° Monoceros
R CMa
Medium
Eclipsing binary, period 1.1d
Variable Star mag 5.70 6.4° Canis Major
NGC 2296
Hard+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 13.0 7.9° Canis Major
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