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NGC 2301 · Great Bird Cluster

NGC 2301 · Open cluster · Monoceros

Great Bird Cluster

Herschel 400

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Type: Open cluster
Constellation: Monoceros
Position (J2000): 6h 51m 45s · +0° 27′ 33″
Discovered: by William Herschel in 1786

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 6; visual
Size: 10.2′
Distance: ~2,800 ly
Best months: Dec–Feb

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.

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