NGC : Tau CMa (NGC2362)

Celestial motion
Date: 2023-06-08
Astronomical night: 22:32 - 03:47 (GMT -5)
Tau CMa (NGC2362) Celestial motion
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Tau CMa (NGC2362) Celestial motion
Information about Tau CMa (NGC2362)

General information

NGC2362 is the open cluster at magnitude 4 that is placed in Canis Major constellation and has apparent size of 8 angular minutes.
Having high brightness and large apparent size, cluster is available for observations through a pair of binoculars or small telescope.

Information for observations

Tonight, 2023-06-08, cluster NGC2362 is not reachable.
 

Tau CMa (NGC2362) on the sky map

Tau CMa (NGC2362) on the sky map
Object type

Open Cluster

Alternative names

Tau CMa

Constellation

Canis Major

Magnitude

4

Apparent size8'
Right ascension7h 18m 41s
Declination-24° 57′ 18″

Catalogues

Messier

New General Catalogue (NGC)

NGC2362

International Catalogue (IC)