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3293 C — Unknown in Carina

Magnitude 4.7m Unknown Carina (Car) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 4.7
Angular Size 40 arcmin
Cl, B, Ri, pL

Position & Identifiers

RA 10h 35m 48.0s
Dec -58° 13' 60.0"
Constellation Carina (Car)
Catalog 3293 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 1.3° Carina
NGC 3372
eta Car nebula
Easy
Emission nebula — try an OIII filter
Emission Nebula mag 3.00 1.9° Carina
U Car
Easy
Pulsating variable, period 38.8d
Variable Star mag 6.11 3.2° Carina
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