Open cluster · Canis Major

NGC 2360 Caroline's Cluster

Also known as: C58

mag 7.29′ across

About

NGC 2360, the Caroline's Cluster, is an open cluster of magnitude 7.2 in Canis Major, about 9′ across.

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How to find it

  • NGC 2360 is in the constellation Canis Major.
  • Best evenings: around late February it is highest at about 9 pm (10 pm in summer time); a month earlier, two hours later.
  • Where on Earth: it is seen well, at least 10° up, from south of 64° N.

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What you will see

  • EyesNot visible to the naked eye.
  • Binoculars (10×50)A small knot of stars, partly resolved.
  • Telescope (6–8 inch)A group of faint stars.

For a dark country sky with no Moon. From a city, faint galaxies and nebulae can disappear completely.

Facts

DesignationsNGC 2360, C58
TypeOpen cluster
Magnitude7.2The smaller the number, the brighter.
Apparent size9′the full Moon is 31′ across
ConstellationCanis Major
Right ascension (J2000)07h 17m 43.1s
Declination (J2000)−15° 38′ 29″

More in Canis Major

NGC 2362Tau Canis Majoris ClusterOpen cluster · mag 4.1M41Little Beehive ClusterOpen cluster · mag 4.5NGC 2367Charlie Brown's Christmas TreeOpen cluster · mag 7.9NGC 2359Thor's HelmetEmission nebula
All NGC objects in Canis Major →Canis Major on the constellations page →

Sources and credits

Catalog data: OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0, and d3-celestial by Olaf Frohn, BSD 3-Clause. All data sources →