Open cluster
Southern Pleiades (IC2602)
In Carina (Car) • Magnitude 99.0 • 48 arcminutes
Open the free AstroPlanner with Southern Pleiades pre-selected, scored against your telescope, location, and the live cloud forecast.
Bright open cluster in Carina, the southern counterpart to M45.
Southern Pleiades at a glance
| Catalog IDs | I 2602 |
| Type | Open cluster |
| Constellation | Carina (Car) |
| Right ascension | 10h 42m 58s |
| Declination | -64° 23' 39" |
| Apparent magnitude | 99.00 |
| Angular size | 48.0 × 48.0 arcmin |
| Max altitude at 45°N | Below horizon |
| Best imaging months | Feb, Mar, Apr |
How to image Southern Pleiades
Southern Pleiades sits in the constellation Carina at right ascension 10h 42m 58s and declination -64° 23' 39". To frame and integrate it well, AstroPlanner will compute the optimal moonless window for tonight from your location, the field-of-view fit against your sensor and focal length, the suggested total integration time given your aperture and sky Bortle class, and a cloud-aware schedule that drops it from the plan if your nearest cloud forecast spike overlaps the best altitude window.