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Open Clusters PAGING Open Clusters in Turn Left at Orion (5th edition) Page Name Constellation RA Dec Chapter 193 NGC 129 Cassiopeia 0 H 29.8 min. 60° 14' North 210 NGC 220 Tucana 0 H 40.5 min. −73° 24' South 210 NGC 222 Tucana 0 H 40.7 min. −73° 23' South 210 NGC 231 Tucana 0 H 41.1 min. −73° 21' South 192 NGC 225 Cassiopeia 0 H 43.4 min. 61° 47' North 210 NGC 265 Tucana 0 H 47.2 min. −73° 29' South 202 NGC 188 Cepheus 0 H 47.5 min. 85° 15' North 210 NGC 330 Tucana 0 H 56.3 min. −72° 28' South 210 NGC 371 Tucana 1 H 3.4 min. −72° 4' South 210 NGC 376 Tucana 1 H 3.9 min. −72° 49' South 210 NGC 395 Tucana 1 H 5.1 min. −72° 0' South 210 NGC 460 Tucana 1 H 14.6 min. −73° 17' South 210 NGC 458 Tucana 1 H 14.9 min. −71° 33' South 193 NGC 436 Cassiopeia 1 H 15.5 min. 58° 49' North 210 NGC 465 Tucana 1 H 15.7 min. −73° 19' South 193 NGC 457 Cassiopeia 1 H 19.0 min. 58° 20' North 194 M103 Cassiopeia 1 H 33.2 min. 60° 42' North 179 NGC 604, in M33 Triangulum 1 H 34.5 min. 30° 47' October–December 195 NGC 637 Cassiopeia 1 H 41.8 min. 64° 2' North 195 NGC 654 Cassiopeia 1 H 43.9 min. 61° 54' North 195 NGC 659 Cassiopeia 1 H 44.2 min. 60° 43' North 195 NGC 663 Cassiopeia 1 H 46.0 min. 61° 16' North 178 NGC 752 Andromeda 1 H 57.8 min. 37° 41' October–December 186 NGC 869, Double Cluster Perseus 2 H 19.3 min. 57° 9' North 186 NGC 884, Double Cluster Perseus 2 H 22.4 min. 57° 7' North 182 M34 Perseus 2 H 42.0 min. 42° 47' October–December 64 M45, Pleiades Taurus 3 H 46.9 min. 24° 7' January–March 216 NGC 1711 Mensa 4 H 50.6 min. −69° 59' South 216 NGC 1727 Dorado 4 H 52.3 min. −69° 21' South 216 NGC 1755 Dorado 4 H 55.2 min. −68° 12' South 216 NGC 1845 Mensa 5 H 5.7 min. −70° 35' South 216 NGC 1847 Dorado 5 H 7.1 min. −68° 58' South 216 NGC 1850 Dorado 5 H 8.7 min. −68° 46' South 216 NGC 1854 Dorado 5 H 9.3 min. −68° 51' South 216 NGC 1856 Dorado 5 H 9.5 min. −69° 8' South 216 NGC 1872 Dorado 5 H 13.2 min. −69° 19' South 216 NGC 1876 Dorado 5 H 13.3 min. −69° 22' South 216 NGC 1877 Dorado 5 H 13.6 min. −69° 23' South 216 NGC 1901 Dorado 5 H 18.2 min. −68° 27' South Page Name Constellation RA Dec Chapter 216 NGC 1910 Dorado 5 H 18.6 min. −69° 14' South 216 NGC 1962 Dorado 5 H 26.3 min. −68° 50' South 216 NGC 1967 Dorado 5 H 26.7 min. −69° 6' South 216 NGC 1968 Dorado 5 H 27.4 min. −67° 28' South 216 NGC 1986 Mensa 5 H 27.6 min. −69° 58' South 216 NGC 1984 Dorado 5 H 27.7 min. −69° 8' South 216 NGC 1983 Dorado 5 H 27.8 min. −67° 59' South 216 NGC 1974 Dorado 5 H 28.0 min. −67° 25' South 71 NGC 1907 Auriga 5 H 28.1 min. 35° 19' January–March 216 NGC 1994 Dorado 5 H 28.4 min. −69° 8' South 68 M38 Auriga 5 H 28.7 min. 35° 51' January–March 216 NGC 2001 Dorado 5 H 29.0 min. −68° 46' South 216 NGC 2009 Dorado 5 H 31.0 min. −69° 11' South 216 NGC 2015 Dorado 5 H 32.1 min. −69° 15' South 216 NGC 2031 Mensa 5 H 33.7 min. −70° 59' South 216 NGC 2033 Dorado 5 H 34.5 min. −69° 47' South 53 NGC 1981 Orion 5 H 35.1 min. −5° 25' January–March 68 M36 Auriga 5 H 35.3 min. 34° 9' January–March 216 NGC 2044 Dorado 5 H 36.1 min. −69° 12' South 216 NGC 2042 Dorado 5 H 36.2 min. −68° 55' South 216 NGC 2055 Dorado 5 H 37.0 min. −69° 26' South 216 NGC 2100 Dorado 5 H 42.1 min. −69° 13' South 216 NGC 2098 Dorado 5 H 42.5 min. −68° 17' South 216 NGC 2122 Mensa 5 H 48.9 min. −70° 4' South 68 M37 Auriga 5 H 52.3 min. 32° 34' January–March 73 NGC 2129 Gemini 6 H 1.1 min. 23° 19' January–March 72 M35 Gemini 6 H 8.8 min. 24° 20' January–March 78 NGC 2232 Monoceros 6 H 27.2 min. −4° 45' January–March 76 NGC 2244 Monoceros 6 H 31.9 min. 4° 56' January–March 82 M41 Canis Major 6 H 47.0 min. −20° 45' January–March 80 M50 Monoceros 7 H 2.9 min. −8° 20' January–March 86 NGC 2362 Canis Major 7 H 18.7 min. −24° 57' January–March 85 NGC 2414 Puppis 7 H 33.2 min. −15° 27' January–March 84 M47 (NGC 2422) Puppis 7 H 36.6 min. −14° 29' January–March 85 NGC 2423 Puppis 7 H 37.1 min. −13° 52' January–March 84 M46 Puppis 7 H 41.8 min. −14° 49' January–March 73 NGC 2158 Gemini 6 H 7.4 min. 24° 5' January–March 88 M93 Puppis 7 H 44.5 min. −23° 52' January–March 224 NGC 2516 Carina 7 H 58.3 min. −60° 52' South 222 NGC 2547 Vela 8 H 10.7 min. −49° 16' South 223 I 2391 Vela 8 H 40.0 min. −53° 3' South 92 M44, Beehive Cancer 8 H 40.3 min. 19° 41' April–June Page Name Constellation RA Dec Chapter 94 M67 Cancer 8 H 51.0 min. 11° 49' April–June 227 NGC 3114 Carina 10 H 2.6 min. −60° 7' South 228 NGC 3293, Gem Carina 10 H 35.8 min. −58° 13' South 228 IC 2602, Southern Pleiades Carina 10 H 43.2 min. −64° 24' South 228 NGC 3532, Wishing Well Carina 11 H 6.4 min. −58° 40' South 228 NGC 3766, Pearl Centaurus 11 H 36.1 min. −61° 37' South 236 NGC 4755, Jewel Box Crux 12 H 53.6 min. −60° 20' South 156 M6 Scorpius 17 H 40.1 min. −32° 13' July–September 156 M7 Scorpius 17 H 54.0 min. −34° 49' July–September 144 M23 Sagittarius 17 H 56.9 min. −19° 1' July–September 146 NGC 6530 Sagittarius 18 H 4.7 min. −24° 20' July–September 148 M21 Sagittarius 18 H 4.8 min. −22° 30' July–September 145 M24 Sagittarius 18 H 18.4 min. −18° 26' July–September 142 M16 Serpens 18 H 18.8 min. −13° 47' July–September 142 M18 Sagittarius 18 H 19.9 min. −17° 8' July–September 144 M25 Sagittarius 18 H 31.7 min. −19° 15' July–September 141 M26 Scutum 18 H 45.3 min. −9° 23' July–September 140 M11, Wild Ducks Scutum 18 H 51.1 min. −6° 16' July–September 139 Brocchi’s, Coathanger Vulpecula 19 H 25.4 min. 20° 11' July–September 133 M29 Cygnus 20 H 23.9 min. 38° 31' July–September 133 M39 Cygnus 21 H 32.2 min. 48° 26' July–September 191 M52 Cassiopeia 23 H 24.2 min. 61° 36' North 191 NGC 7789 Cassiopeia 23 H 57.0 min. 56° 43' North .
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