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NGC 2506

Open cluster · Monoceros

NGC 2506

Also known as C 54

Caldwell 54
Herschel 400

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Type: Open cluster
Constellation: Monoceros
Position (J2000): 8h 00m 02s · −10° 46′ 11″
Discovered: by William Herschel in 1791

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 7.6; visual
Size: 10.8′
Distance: ~12,000 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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