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NGC 2479

Open cluster · Puppis

NGC 2479

Herschel 400

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Type: Open cluster
Constellation: Puppis
Position (J2000): 7h 55m 06s · −17° 42′ 28″
Discovered: by William Herschel in 1790

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 9.6; visual
Size: 6.3′
Distance: ~5,500 ly
Best months: Dec–Feb

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.

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