NGC 2362

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NGC 2362 is a young, bright open star cluster dominated by the massive star Tau Canis Majoris, located in the constellation Canis Major.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
NGC 2362 canonical 5
open cluster NGC 2362 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf open star cluster ⓘ
age about 4 million years ⓘ
between 4 and 5 million years ⓘ
angularSize about 8 arcminutes ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV about 3.8 ⓘ
bestSeenInMonth February ⓘ
catalog New General Catalogue ⓘ
centralStar Tau Canis Majoris ⓘ
containsStar Tau Canis Majoris ⓘ
declination −24° 57′ ⓘ
discoveredBefore 1654 ⓘ
discoveredBy Giovanni Battista Hodierna ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 1,480 parsecs ⓘ
about 4,800 light-years ⓘ
dominantStar Tau Canis Majoris ⓘ
dominatedByStar Tau Canis Majoris ⓘ
galacticLatitude about −5° ⓘ
galacticLongitude about 238° ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Caldwell 64 ⓘ
Cr 137 ⓘ
Melotte 51 ⓘ
OCL 617 ⓘ
hasApproximateMemberCount about 100 stars ⓘ
hasCentralStarSpectralType O9 Ib ⓘ
hasClusterCoreRadius about 2 light-years ⓘ
hasColorExcessE(B−V) about 0.1 ⓘ
hasLittleNebulosity true ⓘ
hasStellarPopulation B-type stars ⓘ
low-mass stars ⓘ
massive O-type stars ⓘ
pre-main-sequence stars ⓘ
hasTidalRadius about 10 light-years ⓘ
isBrightCluster true ⓘ
isGasPoor true ⓘ
isYoungCluster true ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Canis Major ⓘ
locatedInGalaxy Milky Way ⓘ
locatedInRegion outer Milky Way disk ⓘ
rediscoveredBy William Herschel ⓘ
rediscoveryYear 1783 ⓘ
rightAscension 07h 18m ⓘ
usedForStudy disk dissipation around young stars ⓘ
initial mass function in young clusters ⓘ
stellar evolution ⓘ
visibleFromHemisphere Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
low northern latitudes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canis Major → contains → NGC 2362 ⓘ
CMa → contains → open cluster NGC 2362 ⓘ
linked to: NGC 2362
Tau Canis Majoris → memberOf → NGC 2362 ⓘ