NGC 2343

open cluster NGC 2343 (catalog)
Cr 128 •OCL 565 •Lund 300 •
Position (epoch J2000)[1]
Constellation	Monoceros
Position	Ra 07:08:06.8 Dec -10:37:01
DSS images	10' · 20' · 30' · 45' · 1°
Appearance[1]
Left to right: open clusters NGC 2343 and NGC 2335 Photo by André Hartmann, PN-203/800, 8 March 2011, Berlin
Apparent mag.	6.7
Size	6 '
Class	II 2 p n
Stars
Dreyer's description	Cl cL P lC
Other
Notes
List:Open clusters in Monoceros
Map: RA 7.125, DEC -11.25 • Edit this infobox

NGC 2343 is an open cluster in Monoceros.

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[edit] Appearance

[edit] Telescopes up to 70mm, binoculars up to 50 mm, and finders

[edit] Telescopes 71mm - 100mm (2.8" - 3.9"), binoculars 51mm - 70mm

• Monoceros by Steve Coe - NGC 2343 with 11x80 finder and 13" f/5.6  
• NGC 2343 observation by Jeff Burton (x.astrogeek.org) with Orion Little Giant II 20x70mm Binoculars 

[edit] Telescopes 101mm - 141mm (4" - 5.5"), binoculars 71mm - 100mm

• (hr)NGC 2343 with 4.5" (114mm) f/8 homemade dobson (babydob) by Ante Perković (SEEN, Jan 05 2005, LM=6)  
• (hr)NGC 2343 with 25x100 binoculars by Ante Perković (SEEN, Feb 07 2005, LM=6)  

[edit] Telescopes 141mm - 177mm (5.6" - 6.9")

• NGC 2343 observation by Brian Rachford with 6" f/8 Newtonian (SEEN)  

[edit] Telescopes 178mm - 234mm (7" - 9.2")

• NGC 2343 observation by Jeff Burton (x.astrogeek.org) with Meade LX200GPS 203mm SCT 
•  NGC 2343 observation and sketch by Eric Van der Jeught @ deepskylog.be (with Helios 200 mm F/5)  
• (IAAC) Obj: NGC2343 - Inst: Celestar 8" SCT, fork mount  

[edit] Telescopes 235mm - 305mm (9.25" - 12")

• (hr)NGC 2343 with 12" (300mm) f/5 GSO dobson (Tristač) by Vedran Vrhovac (SEEN, Jan 14 2012, LM=5.6)  

[edit] Telescopes 306mm - 381mm (12.1" - 15")

• NGC 2343 observation by Paul Kemp (Southern Sentinel) with 13.1" f/5 Dobsonian (88x) (15th February 2007)  
• NGC 2343 observation by Tom Polakis with 13"  
• NGC 2343 observation by Jan Vanautgaerden @ deepskylog.be (with Obsession 15" (381 mm))  

[edit] Telescopes above 15"

• (IAAC) Obj: NGC 2343 - Inst: 16" f/4.45, Newtonian dob, with tracking  
• NGC 2343 observation by David Erzeel @ deepskylog.be (with Obsession 18" (457 mm))  

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