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Other deep sky objects in Carina
- NGC 3372 (Carina Nebula) - HII Ionized region
- NGC 3532 (Wishing Well Cluster) - Open Cluster
- NGC 2516 - Open Cluster
- NGC 3114 - Open Cluster
- IC 2581 - Open Cluster
- NGC 3293 - Open Cluster
- NGC 2808 - Globular Cluster
- NGC 3572 - Open Cluster
- NGC 3324 - Star Cluster + Nebula
- IC 2488 - Open Cluster
- NGC 3247 - HII Ionized region
- NGC 3519 - Open Cluster
- Mel101 - Open Cluster
- NGC 3496 - Open Cluster
- NGC 3590 - Open Cluster
- IC 2714 - Open Cluster
- Mel105 - Open Cluster
- NGC 2867 - Planetary Nebula
- IC 2553 - Planetary Nebula
- IC 2501 - Planetary Nebula
- IC 2448 - Planetary Nebula
- NGC 3211 - Planetary Nebula
- NGC 3255 - Open Cluster
- NGC 3136 - Galaxy
- IC 2621 - Planetary Nebula
- NGC 3059 - Galaxy
- NGC 2822 - Galaxy
- NGC 2887 - Galaxy
- NGC 2836 - Galaxy
- NGC 2417 - Galaxy
- NGC 2502 - Galaxy
- IC 2554 - Galaxy
- NGC 2369 - Galaxy
- NGC 2788 - Galaxy
- NGC 2842 - Galaxy
- NGC 3136B - Galaxy
- NGC 2381 - Galaxy
- NGC 2369A - Galaxy
- IC 2200 - Galaxy
- NGC 2369B - Galaxy
- NGC 2788B - Galaxy
- NGC 3136A - Galaxy
- IC 2596 - Galaxy
- NGC 3036 - Open Cluster
- NGC 3581 - HII Ionized region
- IC 2220 (Toby Jug Nebula) - Reflection Nebula
- NGC 3603 - Star Cluster + Nebula
- IC 2504 - Other Classification
- NGC 3586 - Nebula
- NGC 3584 - Nebula
- NGC 3582 - Nebula
- IC 2602 (Theta Carinae Cluster) - Open Cluster
- NGC 3579 - Nebula
- NGC 3576 - HII Ionized region
- IC 2599 - HII Ionized region
- NGC 3503 - Reflection Nebula
- NGC 2609 - Open Cluster
- NGC 2640 - Galaxy
- NGC 2714 - Galaxy
- NGC 3199 - Nebula
- IC 2195 - Other Classification
NGC 3293 - Open Cluster in Carina
NGC 3293 is a Open Cluster in the Carina constellation. NGC 3293 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere.
NGC 3293 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom .
Altitude: -37.1°
Azimuth: 220.4°
Direction: South-West
See also NGC 3293 rise and set times.
Given its visual magnitude of 4.7, NGC 3293 is barely visible to the naked eye, easily visible with the help of a small binocular.
Photometric information of NGC 3293
The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 3293 in different bands of the electomagnetic spectrum (when available), from the B band (445nm wavelength, corresponding to the Blue color), to the V band ( 551nm wavelength, corresponding to Green/Yellow color), to the J, H, K bands (corresponding to 1220nm, 1630nm, 2190nm wavelengths respectively, which are colors not visible to the human eye).
For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.
Apparent size of NGC 3293
The following table reports NGC 3293 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 3293 is a visual representation of it.Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 3293
The image below is a photograph of NGC 3293 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins).
Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 3293
Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 3293 are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 3293 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.
Rise ans set times of NGC 3293 from your location
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London
NGC 3293 - Open Cluster in Carina is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom