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A Complete Guide to the Solar System and the Night Sky
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Deep sky objects in Canis Major - Full list

The table below is a complete list of all the 45 deep sky objects belonging to the Messier, New General Catalogue (NGC) and Index Catalogue (IC) catalogues that are present in the Canis Major constellation. Click on each row to view the object complete details.

Name Type Magnitude (B)
NGC 2362 Open Cluster 4.1 (V)
Messier 41 Open Cluster 4.5 (V)
NGC 2354 Open Cluster 6.5 (V)
NGC 2360 (Caroline's Cluster) Open Cluster 7.2 (V)
NGC 2384 Open Cluster 7.4 (V)
NGC 2345 Open Cluster 7.7 (V)
NGC 2367 Open Cluster 7.9 (V)
NGC 2374 Open Cluster 8 (V)
NGC 2383 Open Cluster 8.4 (V)
NGC 2204 Open Cluster 8.6 (V)
NGC 2243 Open Cluster 9.4 (V)
IC 2165 Planetary Nebula 10.5 (V)
NGC 2207 Galaxy 10.65 (V)
NGC 2280 Galaxy 11.13 (B)
NGC 2293 Galaxy 11.7 (B)
NGC 2292 Galaxy 11.82 (B)
NGC 2272 Galaxy 11.88 (V)
NGC 2217 Galaxy 11.93 (V)
NGC 2196 Galaxy 11.98 (B)
NGC 2325 Galaxy 12.17 (B)
NGC 2223 Galaxy 12.46 (B)
NGC 2380 Galaxy 12.52 (B)
IC 2163 Galaxy 12.55 (B)
NGC 2263 Galaxy 12.86 (B)
NGC 2206 Galaxy 12.91 (B)
NGC 2283 Galaxy 12.94 (B)
IC 456 Galaxy 12.96 (B)
NGC 2271 Galaxy 13.17 (B)
NGC 2267 Galaxy 13.24 (B)
NGC 2227 Galaxy 13.4 (B)
NGC 2295 Galaxy 13.58 (B)
NGC 2296 Galaxy 13.6 (B)
NGC 2211 Galaxy 13.7 (B)
NGC 2216 Galaxy 13.7 (B)
NGC 2212 Galaxy 14.49 (B)
IC 2171 Galaxy 15.19 (B)
NGC 2318 Open Cluster N/A
NGC 2361 Nebula N/A
NGC 2359 HII Ionized region N/A
NGC 2358 Open Cluster N/A
NGC 2352 Open Cluster N/A
NGC 2327 Reflection Nebula N/A