Asteria — interactive night sky map
NGC 2516 is a open cluster in the constellation Carina with an apparent magnitude of 3.8, spanning about 24 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 29°N. It is circumpolar (never sets) south of latitude 29°S.