NGC 2546

Open Cluster NGC 2546 (= Lacaille II.4 = Collinder 178) in Puppis

Right Ascension 08 : 12.4 (h:m)
Declination -37 : 38 (deg:m)
Distance 3.3 (kly)
Visual Brightness 6.3 (mag)
Apparent Dimension 41 (arc min)

Southern open cluster NGC 2546 was discovered by Abbe Lacaille in 1751-1752 from South Africa.

In the Astronomical League's Southern Sky Binocular Club list.

Hartmut Frommert (spider@seds.org)
Christine Kronberg (smil@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)

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Last Modification: 21 Mar 1998, 14:10 MET