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Proper Name	None
Messier Number	None
NGC/IC Number	NGC 2335
Constellation	Monoceros
Right Ascension	7h 6m 49s
Declination	-10° 1' 42"
Distance	c. 4,600 light years c. 1,410 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +7.19 Absolute: -3.57
Diameter	Apparent: 6' Actual: 8 light years
Number of Stars	c. 200
Optimum Visibility	January
Notes	One of a string of open clusters scattered along the Seagull Nebula or IC 2177, a long strand of nebulosity that stretches southward from Monoceros and into Canis Major. NGC 2335 is the northernmost of these clusters, lying near the nebula's farthest northern extent.

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