* Astronomy

NGC 2358 is a magnitude +13.7 open cluster located 2055 light-years away in the constellation Canis Major.

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 31st December 1785.

Right Ascension 07h 16m 56.3s, Declination -17° 07' 00"

"Cluster, poor, little compressed." - H VIII-45