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3603 C — Unknown in Carina

Magnitude 9.1m Unknown Carina (Car) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 9.1
Angular Size 12 arcmin
glob. cl. and neb, st 15...18

Position & Identifiers

RA 11h 15m 06.0s
Dec -61° 15' 00.0"
Constellation Carina (Car)
Catalog 3603 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

Easy on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season Feb – Apr (peak: Mar)

Nearby in the Sky

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 3590
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.2 0.5° Carina
U Car
Easy
Pulsating variable, period 38.8d
Variable Star mag 6.11 2.6° Carina
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