NGC 2362, also known as Caldwell 64, is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Canis Major. It was discovered by the Italian court astronomer Giovanni Batista Hodierna, who published his finding in 1654.[4] William Herschel called it a "beautiful cluster", while William Henry Smyth said it "has a beautiful appearance, the bright white star being surrounded by a rich gathering of minute companions, in a slightly elongated form, and nearly vertical position". In the past it has also been listed as a nebula, but in 1930 Robert J. Trumpler found no evidence of nebulosity.[6] The brightest member star system is Tau Canis Majoris, and therefore it is sometimes called the Tau Canis Majoris Cluster.
The cluster is located at a distance of approximately 1.48 kpc from the Sun,[1] and appears associated with the giant nebula Sh2-310 that lies at the same distance,[7] about one degree to the east. This giant H II region is being ionized by the brighter members of the NGC 2362 cluster.[4]
NGC 2362 is a relatively young 4–5 million years in age[3] but is devoid of star-forming gas and dust, indicating that the star formation process has come to a halt.[4] It is a massive open cluster, with more than 500 solar masses,[3] an estimated 100-150 member stars, and an additional 500 forming a halo around the cluster. Of these cluster members, only around 35 show evidence of a debris disk.[3] There is one slightly evolved O-type star, Tau Canis Majoris, and around 40 B-type stars still on the main sequence. Only one candidate classical Be star has been found, as of 2005.[4]
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NGC2362, also known as Caldwell 64, is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Canis Major. It was discovered by the Italian court astronomer...
brightest member of the open cluster NGC2362. τ Canis Majoris lies at the center of the very young open cluster NGC2362 which contains several hundred stars...
that of the stars, which are members of the open cluster NGC2362, that ionize the rim. NGC2362 could be anywhere in the ranges of 1.5±0.5 kiloparsecs...
stars are only a few million years old. Lying 2 degrees southwest of NGC2362 is NGC 2354 a fainter open cluster of magnitude 6.5, with around 15 member...
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distance of around 3,800 light years. It is thought to be a distant member of NGC2362 which would place it about 5,000 light years and more closely match its...
objects, such as the Hyades, the Double Cluster (NGC 869 and NGC 884), and the Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253). The Messier catalogue was actually compiled...
region Sh2-310 can be found in which it was formed the massive open cluster NGC2362. The Vela Molecular Ridge is a nebulous complex composed of several giant...
massive stars: observations centered on the Magellanic Cloud clusters NGC 330, NGC 346, NGC 2004, and the N11 region". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 456 (2): 623–638...
of Gas Giant Planet Formation: A Spitzer Study of the 5 Myr Old Cluster NGC2362". The Astrophysical Journal. 698 (1): 1–27. arXiv:0903.2666. Bibcode:2009ApJ...
massive stars: observations centered on the Magellanic Cloud clusters NGC 330, NGC 346, NGC 2004, and the N11 region". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 456 (2): 623–638...
photoelectric investigation of Ap-stars in open clusters. III - NGC2362, NGC 2546, and NGC 3228". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 115 (2): 275–279. Bibcode:1982A&A...
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