NGC2453 (Open cluster)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC2453 is not readily observable since it lies so far south that it will never rise more than 20° above the horizon.

Name NGC2453
Object type Open cluster
Other names
NGC 2453[2]
Cr 162[3]
Position
Right ascension:07h47m [2]
Declination:−27°11' [2]
Constellation:Puppis
Magnitude:8.30 (V) [3]
8.39 (B) [2]
Distance:2.1 kpc
7.0 klyr [1]
B-V Color (mag):0.09
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-3.36

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