Open cluster
NGC 2547 (NGC2547)
In Vela (Vel) • Magnitude 4.7 • 7.8 arcminutes
Open the free AstroPlanner with NGC 2547 pre-selected, scored against your telescope, location, and the live cloud forecast.
Young open cluster in Vela.
NGC 2547 at a glance
| Catalog IDs | N 2547 |
| Type | Open cluster |
| Constellation | Vela (Vel) |
| Right ascension | 08h 10m 09s |
| Declination | -49° 12' 21" |
| Apparent magnitude | 4.70 |
| Angular size | 7.8 × 7.8 arcmin |
| Max altitude at 45°N | Below horizon |
| Best imaging months | Jan, Feb, Mar |
How to image NGC 2547
NGC 2547 sits in the constellation Vela at right ascension 08h 10m 09s and declination -49° 12' 21". 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.