Open Cluster NGC 2353

NGC 2353
NGC 2353: Section from DSS2 [147]

History

On 10 January 1785 William Herschel sweeped his 18.7 inch reflecting telescope through the constellation Monoceros and found the «coarsely scattered clusters of stars» which he cataloged as VIII 34. He described it as «an extensive cluster of scattered stars». [463] In 1888 John L. E. Dreyer added this cluster as NGC 2353. [313]

Physical Properties

NGC 2353 is a young open cluster, located on the eastern edge of the Canis Majoris OB1 association (CMa OB1). The age of the cluster is estimated to 7.6 million years. The number of member stars is estimated to 65. It is uncertain whether the cluster and CMa OB1 are also physically related. [559, 560]

Revised+Historic NGC/IC Version 22/9, © 2022 Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke [277]
Designation NGC 2353
Type OCL (II2p)
Right Ascension (J2000.0) 07h 14m 30.3s
Declination (J2000.0) -10° 15' 57"
Diameter 18 arcmin
Visual magnitude 7.1 mag
Metric Distance 1.119 kpc
Dreyer Description Cl, L, lC, one vB *
Identification, Remarks OCL 567

Finder Chart

The open cluster NGC 2353 is located in the constellation Monoceros. The best season for observation is from October until March.

Finder Chart Open Cluster NGC 2353
Open Cluster NGC 2353 in constellation Monoceros. Charts created using SkySafari 6 Pro and STScI Digitized Sky Survey. Limiting magnitudes: Constellation chart ~6.5 mag, DSS2 close-ups ~20 mag. [149, 160]

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References

  • [147] Aladin Lite; aladin.unistra.fr/AladinLite
  • [149] SkySafari 6 Pro, Simulation Curriculum; skysafariastronomy.com
  • [160] The STScI Digitized Sky Survey; archive.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/dss_form
  • [277] «Historische Deep-Sky Kataloge» von Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke; klima-luft.de/steinicke (2021-02-17)
  • [313] «A New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, being the Catalogue of the late Sir John F.W. Herschel, Bart., revised, corrected, and enlarged» Dreyer, J. L. E. (1888); Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society. 49: 1–237; Bibcode:1888MmRAS..49....1D
  • [463] «Catalogue of one thousand new nebulae and clusters of stars» William Herschel, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1 January 1786; DOI:10.1098/rstl.1786.0027
  • [559] »The Moderately Young Open Cluster NGC 2353» M. Pim Fitzgerald, Gretchen L. Harris, and B. Cameron Reed; Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 102, Number 654, 1990; DOI:10.1086/132711
  • [560] «Sejong Open Cluster Survey. I. NGC 2353» Beomdu Lim (Sejong Univ), Hwankyung Sung (Sejong Univ), R. Karimov (UBAI), M. Ibrahimov (UBAI); Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society, vol. 44, issue 2, pp. 39-48, April 2011; arXiv:1103.4927; DOI:10.5303/JKAS.2011.44.2.39; Bibcode:2011JKAS...44...39L