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NGC 2243

OpenCluster SIMBAD OpC 306 papers

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Right ascension: 06h 29m 34.80s
Declination: −31° 16′ 55.0″
Galactic l, b: 239.48, -18.01
Magnitude V: 9.4
Parallax: 0.211 mas
Redshift z: 0.00019899
Radial velocity: 59.65 km/s
Proper motion: -1.279, 5.488 mas/yr
Angular size: 5.5′ × 5.5′

Also known as

4 identifiers

C 0627-312Cl Melotte 46NGC 2243[KPS2012] MWSC 0880

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
Cl* NGC 2243 KKM V1	EclBin	8.988″	—
V* NU CMa	EclBin	15.01″	—
GES J06293589-3116494	Star	15.55″	—
Gaia DR3 2893942680511645312	Star	16.04″	—
GES J06293352-3117009	Star	17.06″	—
GES J06293388-3116410	Star	18.29″	—
Cl* NGC 2243 AAT 1738	Star	19.42″	13.72
GES J06293630-3116579	Star	19.67″	—
GES J06293603-3116392	Star	22.43″	—
GES J06293629-3117126	Star	25.95″	—
GES J06293600-3116342	Star	25.97″	—

Provenance

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-2243 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.