Asteria — interactive night sky map
NGC 2477 is a open cluster in the constellation Puppis with an apparent magnitude of 5.8, spanning about 19 arcminutes. Under dark skies it can be spotted with the naked eye.
It is best placed in the evening sky around January. It is visible from the whole southern hemisphere and from northern latitudes up to about 51°N. It is circumpolar (never sets) south of latitude 51°S.