NGC2362 Observation Details
NGC2362 Daily Motion
NGC2362 rise at 16:31, and will be at 25° when twilight starts at 20:42. It will reach its transit at 25° at 20:59, and will set at 01:26, before twighlight ends at 06:36.NGC2362 will be visible until January, 1, when it will move too close to the Sun. During this time, its proximity to the Sun will cause it to disappear from the night sky, making it unobservable for a while.
NGC2362 Visibility Timetable on March 20
NGC2362 Rise and Set Timetable
| Time | Elevation | |
| NGC2362 rise | 16:31 | |
| Sunset | 19:43 | 23° |
| Civil sunset | 20:11 | 24° |
| NGC2362 transit | 20:59 | 25° |
| Astrosession begin | 21:15 | 25° |
| Moon Rise, 71.4% illuminated | 01:22 | 1° |
| NGC2362 set | 01:26 | |
| Astrosession end | 06:04 | -51° |
| Moon Set | 10:24 | -66° |
Track NGC2362 Position Throughout the Night
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NGC2362 Image Gallery
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DSS Composite image
The photos are taken from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2), which was produced at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) under NASA contract, using data from the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), the European Southern Observatory (ESO), and the National Geographic Society-Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS II).
Special thanks to the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, and the California Institute of Technology for their significant contributions.
Finder Chart for NGC2362
| Object name | NGC2362 |
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| Limiting magnitude | |
| NGC2362 coordinates | 7.31152, -24.95419 |
| Center coordinates | 7.31152, -24.95419 |
NGC2362 Passage Through Night
Current position of NGC2362
| Time | 18:41 |
| Latitude | 39.9625 |
| Longitude | -83.0061 |
| NGC2362 elevation | 18° |
| NGC2362 Azimuth | -147° |
Annual motion of NGC2362
| Date | Thu, 20 March 2025 |
| Twighlight start | 21:11 |
| Twighlight end | 05:58 |
| Twighlight duration | 9h 47m |
| Rise | 16:28 |
| Set | 01:22 |
| Elevation at transit | 25° |
| Transit time | 20:55 |
| Equatorial coordinates | RA: 07h 18m 41s", Dec: -24° 57' 15s |
| Magnitude | 4 |
| Constellation | Canis Major |
The graph is structured with the vertical axis showing the hours of the day, ranging from 12 AM to 12 AM the next day, while the horizontal axis spans each day of the year.
The reddish shaded area indicates the periods when the NGC2362 is above the horizon, visible to observers. The white line marks the times when the celestial object reaches its highest point in the sky each day, known as the transit.
Data Credits
The nebulae information on this page is sourced from the OpenNGC project, developed by Matteo Verga. OpenNGC provides detailed data on the NGC catalog, which is a valuable resource for exploring deep-sky objects such as nebulae.
For more details or to contribute to OpenNGC, visit the official GitHub repository: OpenNGC on GitHub.