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NGC 2516
NGC 2516 — Southern Beehive Cluster
Open Cluster
· CarinaBeginner
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Target information
- Object type
- Open Cluster
- Constellation
- Carina
- Right ascension
- 7h 58m 00s
- Declination
- -60° 45′ 00″
- Magnitude
- 3.8
- Angular size
- 30′
- Surface brightness
- Not recorded
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Best months
- Dec-Mar
- Catalog IDs
- NGC 2516
About this target
Rich southern open cluster.