NGC : NGC2251

Celestial motion
Date: 2024-05-17
Astronomical night: 22:35 - 04:23 (GMT -5)
NGC2251 Celestial motion
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NGC2251 Celestial motion
Information about NGC2251

General information

Open Cluster NGC2251 has the magnitude of 7 and is placed in Monoceros constellation. The cluster's apparent sizes are 10 angular minutes.
Because of low brightness and large angular size, cluster is available for observations through a 5-inch telescope.

Information for observations

2024-05-17 cluster NGC2251 is not reachable.
 

NGC2251 on the sky map

NGC2251 on the sky map
Object type

Open Cluster

Alternative names

Constellation

Monoceros

Magnitude

7

Apparent size10'
Right ascension6h 34m 38s
Declination8° 22′ 0″

Catalogues

Messier

New General Catalogue (NGC)

NGC2251

International Catalogue (IC)

Nearest objects with greater magnitude
Object typeMagnitude
H III 29Double Star4.42
H III 43Double Star6.32
H V 14Double Star5.06
H II 17*Double Star4.62
H I 10Double Star5
H N 2Double Star6.12
H III 75Double Star7.23
H VI 65Double Star6.79
H III 46Double Star4.66
H III 114Double Star7.1
H N 103Double Star7.15
NGC2238Bright Nebula6
NGC2237Cluster with Nebulosity5.5
NGC2244Open Cluster4.8
NGC2239Cluster with Nebulosity4.8
NGC2264Cluster with Nebulosity3.9