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IC 2602
IC 2602 — Southern Pleiades
Open Cluster
· CarinaBeginner
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Observing: Tonight · 8:00 PM–5:00 AM
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Target information
- Object type
- Open Cluster
- Constellation
- Carina
- Right ascension
- 10h 43m 00s
- Declination
- -64° 24′ 00″
- Magnitude
- 1.9
- Angular size
- 100′
- Surface brightness
- Not recorded
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Best months
- Jan-Apr
- Catalog IDs
- IC 2602
About this target
Large bright open cluster best suited to wide-field framing.