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NGC 2250 (also OCL 547 and Collinder 100) is a magnitude +8.9 open cluster located 5,850 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros.

The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Windsor Road, Slough, on the 20th February 1830.

Right Ascension 06h 33m 49.8s, Declination -05° 05' 04"



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