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3247 C — Unknown in Carina

Magnitude 7.6m Unknown Carina (Car) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 7.6
Angular Size 7 arcmin
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Position & Identifiers

RA 10h 25m 54.0s
Dec -57° 55' 60.0"
Constellation Carina (Car)
Catalog 3247 C

2How easy to spot?

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

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

Easy on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season Jan – Mar (peak: Feb)

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.

IC 2581
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 4.3 0.4° Carina
NGC 3372
eta Car nebula
Easy
Emission nebula — try an OIII filter
Emission Nebula mag 3.00 3.0° Carina
S Car
Easy
Mira-type variable, range 4.5–9.9
Variable Star mag 5.60 4.2° Carina
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