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NGC 2301

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Right ascension: 06h 51m 46.30s
Declination: +00° 27′ 54.0″
Galactic l, b: 212.56, 0.2863
Magnitude V: 6
Parallax: 1.135 mas
Redshift z: 8.649e-05
Radial velocity: 25.927 km/s
Proper motion: -1.367, -2.179 mas/yr
Angular size: 19.4′ × 19.4′

Also known as

6 identifiers

C 0649+005NGC 2301OCl 540.0Great Bird Cluster[KPR2004b] 112[KPS2012] MWSC 1000

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
BD+00 1659	Star	2.897″	9.15
NGC 2301 3	Star	8.858″	—
BD+00 1660	Star	18.13″	7.98
NGC 2301 4	Star	40.86″	10
UCAC4 453-024923	Star	44.88″	—
Gaia DR3 3113575969318893440	Star	48.6″	—
2MASS J06514955+0028019	Star	49.44″	11.2
[WDZ2015] V13	Variable*	49.46″	12.96
V* V855 Mon	gammaDorV*	61.53″	12.72
ZTF J065142.42+002815.1	LongPeriodV*	61.93″	12.46
BD+00 1658	Star	64.48″	9.02

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-2301 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.