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NGC 2345 (also OCL 575) is a magnitude +7.7 open cluster located 7,342 light-years away in the constellation Canis Major.

The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel, using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at the Cape of Good Hope on the 14th February 1836. 

Right Ascension 07h 08m 18.7s, Declination -13° 11' 37"



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