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NGC 2175
NGC 2175 — Cluster in Monkey Head Nebula
Open Cluster
· OrionBeginner
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Target information
- Object type
- Open Cluster
- Constellation
- Orion
- Right ascension
- 6h 09m 39s
- Declination
- +20° 29′ 12″
- Magnitude
- 6.8
- Angular size
- 18′
- Surface brightness
- Not recorded
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Best months
- Nov-Mar
- Catalog IDs
- NGC 2175;OCL 476;Collinder 84
About this target
SIMBAD J2000 center 06h09m39s +20d29m12s; open cluster with associated nebula and disputed historic identity. Existing 18 × 18 arcmin footprint remains provisional; no reliable size confirmed in current review.