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NGC 2354 — Open Cluster in Canis Major

Open Cluster Excellent (65/100)
Magnitude 6.5m OpenCluster Canis Major (CMa) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 6.5
Angular Size 4.8′
Cl, cRi, lC

Position & Identifiers

RA 07h 14m 05.3s
Dec -25° 41' 20.0"
Constellation Canis Major (CMa)
Catalog NGC 2354

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 2354 · 4.8′ diameter

5 Best Magnification

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

C64
NGC 2362
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 4.1 1.3° Canis Major
Tau CMa
Medium
Hot blue O-type star
Double Star mag 4.40 1.3° Canis Major
29 CMa
Hard+
Eclipsing binary, period 4.4d
Variable Star mag 4.98 1.5° Canis Major
NGC 2325
Medium+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.2 3.9° Canis Major
NGC 2367
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.9 4.0° Canis Major
Collinder 121
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 2.6 4.1° Canis Major
Collinder 132
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 3.6 5.0° Canis Major
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