Open cluster
Southern Beehive (NGC2516)
In Carina (Car) • Magnitude 3.8 • 24 arcminutes
Open the free AstroPlanner with Southern Beehive pre-selected, scored against your telescope, location, and the live cloud forecast.
Bright open cluster in Carina.
Southern Beehive at a glance
| Catalog IDs | N 2516 |
| Type | Open cluster |
| Constellation | Carina (Car) |
| Right ascension | 07h 58m 07s |
| Declination | -60° 45' 13" |
| Apparent magnitude | 3.80 |
| Angular size | 24.3 × 24.3 arcmin |
| Max altitude at 45°N | Below horizon |
| Best imaging months | Jan, Feb, Mar |
How to image Southern Beehive
Southern Beehive sits in the constellation Carina at right ascension 07h 58m 07s and declination -60° 45' 13". 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.