Deep Sky Object in Winter
NGC2362 (Open Cluster in Canis Major)


Date & Time: Feb 1 2020, from 22:51 to 23:20 JST(+0900)
Composed 10 shots with 3 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
with BaaderPlanetarium Moon&Skyglow filter
Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Lacerta M-GEN
Digital Camera: Nikon D810A
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(4080×4080)
Device Size...20×20mm
Sensitivity...ISO4000, White Balance...Daylight


NGC2362 / Open Cluster, type f, I 3 r
R.A.07h 18m 48.0s (2000.0)
Dec.-24° 57' 00" (2000.0)
Apparent Size8.0'
Real SizeN/A
# of Stars60
Magnitude4.1“™
DistanceN/A
A small open cluster of NGC2362 is positioned in 2.7degrees northeast of delta Cma, near the Milky Way in winter. The cluster has a diameter of 8 arc minutes, about 60 member stars are surrounding a central star with 4th magnitude. You cannot resolve individual stars with binoculars, needed a small telescope with low magnification.



Around NGC2354
NGC2420

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