NGC2345 (Open cluster)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , NGC2345 is visible between 19:04 and 01:56. It will become accessible at around 19:04, when it rises to an altitude of 21° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 22:30, 42° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 01:56 when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.

Name NGC2345
Object type Open cluster
Other names
NGC 2345[2]
Cr 129[3]
Mel 61[4]
Position
Right ascension:07h08m [2]
Declination:−13°11' [2]
Constellation:Canis Major
Magnitude:7.70 (V) [4]
8.58 (B) [2]
Angular dimensions:6.9 arcmin
Distance:2.3 kpc
7.3 klyr [1]
B-V Color (mag):0.88
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-4.06

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