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1816 C — Unknown in Dorado

Magnitude 9.0m Unknown Dorado (Dor) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 9.0
vF, R, 2nd neb in Cl

Position & Identifiers

RA 05h 03m 48.0s
Dec -67° 16' 60.0"
Constellation Dorado (Dor)
Catalog 1816 C

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Medium+ Medium+ Medium
150mm Newt. Easy Easy Easy
C8 203mm Easy Easy Easy
Easy Medium Hard Very hard Impossible

Bortle 3 = rural · 4 = outer suburbs · 5 = suburbs

Medium on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season Nov – Jan (peak: Dec)

Nearby in the Sky

Other targets within a few degrees — pan your scope a little and keep exploring.

Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 1820
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.0 0.0° Dorado
NGC 1846
Medium+
Compact globular cluster
Globular Cluster mag 11.0 0.4° Dorado
NGC 1763
Medium+
Emission nebula — try an OIII filter
Emission Nebula mag 9.40 1.1° Dorado
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