Star clusters in Canis Major
14 CATALOGUEDStars born together and still travelling together — loose open groups, or ancient globes of hundreds of thousands.
BY CONSTELLATION · 70 REGIONS
ALL SKYDORADO · 194MENSA · 68SAGITTARIUS · 49CYGNUS · 43SCORPIUS · 42TUCANA · 40PUPPIS · 37MONOCEROS · 35CASSIOPEIA · 33CENTAURUS · 27OPHIUCHUS · 26VELA · 24AURIGA · 19PERSEUS · 19AQUILA · 17CARINA · 17CEPHEUS · 15CANIS MAJOR · 14VULPECULA · 14GEMINI · 13SCUTUM · 13NORMA · 12ORION · 11TAURUS · 11ARA · 10CRUX · 9HYDRUS · 8LUPUS · 8LACERTA · 7SERPENS · 7ANDROMEDA · 5COMA BERENICES · 5TRIANGULUM · 5CAMELOPARDALIS · 4CANCER · 4CIRCINUS · 4COLUMBA · 4HERCULES · 4MUSCA · 4PEGASUS · 4AQUARIUS · 3DELPHINUS · 3HYDRA · 3LEPUS · 3LYRA · 3PYXIS · 3SAGITTA · 3APUS · 2CANIS MINOR · 2CAPRICORNUS · 2HOROLOGIUM · 2LYNX · 2PICTOR · 2BOÖTES · 1CANES VENATICI · 1CHAMAELEON · 1CORONA AUSTRALIS · 1DRACO · 1ERIDANUS · 1FORNAX · 1LIBRA · 1PAVO · 1RETICULUM · 1SCULPTOR · 1TELESCOPIUM · 1TRIANGULUM AUSTRALE · 1URSA MAJOR · 1URSA MINOR · 1VIRGO · 1VOLANS · 1
The 14 catalogued below lie inside the IAU boundaries of Canis Major. Everything else in Canis Major →
Caroline's Cluster
Open cluster
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3504 ly
7.20 V
Canis Major
M41
Open cluster
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2349 ly
4.50 V
Canis Major
NGC 2204
Open cluster
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13 712 ly
8.60 V
Canis Major
NGC 2243
Open cluster
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13 594 ly
9.40 V
Canis Major
NGC 2318
Open cluster
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4380 ly
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Canis Major
NGC 2345
Open cluster
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8653 ly
7.70 V
Canis Major
NGC 2352
Open cluster
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—
—
Canis Major
NGC 2354
Open cluster
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4170 ly
6.50 V
Canis Major
NGC 2358
Open cluster
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2991 ly
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Canis Major
NGC 2362
Open cluster
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4229 ly
4.10 V
Canis Major
NGC 2367
Open cluster
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7692 ly
7.90 V
Canis Major
NGC 2374
Open cluster
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4133 ly
8.00 V
Canis Major
NGC 2383
Open cluster
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10 403 ly
8.40 V
Canis Major
NGC 2384
Open cluster
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7.40 V
Canis Major
14 OBJECTS