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NGC 2215 (also OCL 550) is a magnitude +8.4 open cluster located in the constellation Monoceros.

The cluster was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Clayhall Farm House in Old Windsor on the 1st November 1785. 

Right Ascension 06h 20m 49.2s, Declination -07° 17' 02"



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