| NGC2354 / Open Cluster, type III 2 r |
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| R.A. | 07h 14m 18.0s (2000.0) |
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| Dec. | -25° 44' 00" (2000.0) |
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| Apparent Size | 20.0' |
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| Real Size | N/A |
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| # of Stars | 100 |
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| Magnitude | 6.5 |
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| Distance | N/A |
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NGC2354 is a medium sized open cluster at the southern Canis Major, about 1.5 degrees east of delta CMa.
The cluster has an apparent diameter of 20 arc minutes and a magnitude of 6.5,
and it can be easily found by using a noticeable triangle that forms the hind leg of Great Dog as a guide.
You can appreciate another small open cluster of NGC2362 only 1.3 degree ENE from NGC2354.
This minor one has a size of only 8 arc minutes,
so it should be fairly difficult to distinguish the cluster from the normal stars through binoculars.
This image has captured the cluster at the upper left-hand side, it's over exposured around nuclei because of its high-dense stellar distribution.
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