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NGC 2421

Open cluster · Puppis

NGC 2421

Herschel 400

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Type: Open cluster
Constellation: Puppis
Position (J2000): 7h 36m 12s · −20° 36′ 44″
Discovered: by William Herschel in 1799

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 8.3; visual
Size: 5.1′
Distance: ~7,100 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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