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NGC 2362

Open cluster in the constellation Canis Major
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NGC 2362

Summary

NGC 2362 is an open cluster[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 36 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 2362 is credited with the discovery of Giovan Battista Hodierna[3].
  • NGC 2362's image is recorded as NGC 2362 NASA.jpg[4].
  • NGC 2362's instance of is recorded as open cluster[5].
  • NGC 2362's constellation is recorded as Canis Major[6].
  • NGC 2362's Commons category is recorded as NGC 2362[7].
  • NGC 2362's catalog code is recorded as NGC 2362[8].
  • NGC 2362's catalog code is recorded as OCl 633[9].
  • NGC 2362's catalog code is recorded as OCl 633.0[10].
  • NGC 2362's catalog code is recorded as C 0716-248[11].
  • NGC 2362's catalog code is recorded as OCISM 127[12].
  • NGC 2362's catalog code is recorded as [KPS2012] MWSC 1173[13].
  • NGC 2362's catalog code is recorded as Tau CMa[14].
  • NGC 2362's catalog code is recorded as [KPR2004b] 134[15].
  • NGC 2362's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1654-00-00T00:00:00Z[16].
  • NGC 2362's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03xk_6[17].
  • NGC 2362's topic's main category is recorded as Category:NGC 2362[18].
  • NGC 2362's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+4.1'}[19].
  • NGC 2362's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21500224', 'amount': '+0.742'}[20].
  • NGC 2362's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3674704', 'amount': '+28.86'}[21].
  • NGC 2362's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11929860', 'amount': '+1.2'}[22].
  • NGC 2362's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 2362[23].
  • NGC 2362's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 2362[24].
  • NGC 2362's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+109.6708'}[25].
  • NGC 2362's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '-24.9550'}[26].
  • NGC 2362's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[27].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 2362 is credited with the discovery of Giovan Battista Hodierna[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 2362 has Wikipedia articles in 36 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . A Gaia DR2 view of the open cluster population in the Milky Way. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Open cluster kinematics with Gaia DR2. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Kinematics of OB-associations and the new reduction of theHipparcosdata. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . The orbits of open clusters in the Galaxy. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . The orbits of open clusters in the Galaxy. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . The orbits of open clusters in the Galaxy. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). NGC 2362. Retrieved May 7, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-2362
MLA “NGC 2362.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 7 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-2362.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ngc-2362_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NGC 2362}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-2362}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-07}}
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