NGC 2225 is a magnitude +11.5 open star cluster located 10437 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros. The central part of the cluster was catalogued as NGC 2226 by Edward Emerson Barnard.
The cluster was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Clayhall Farm House in Old Windsor on the 30th January 1786.
Right Ascension 06h 26m 37.0s, Declination -09° 38' 30"
