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IC 4952 — Galaxy in Telescopium

Galaxy Fair (33/100)

Lenticular

Magnitude 13.2m Galaxy Telescopium (Tel) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 13.15
Angular Size 0.9′ × 0.2′
Position Angle 8°
Distance 199.89 million ly
Galaxy Type Lenticular (S0-a)
F, vS, cE 10deg

Position & Identifiers

RA 20h 08m 36.0s
Dec -55° 27' 00.0"
Constellation Telescopium (Tel)
Catalog IC 4952

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. V. hard+ V. hard+ V. hard
150mm Newt. Hard Hard V. hard+
C8 203mm Hard+ Hard Hard
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Bortle 3 = rural · 4 = outer suburbs · 5 = suburbs

Medium on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season Jun – Aug (peak: Jul)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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IC 4952 · 0.9′×0.2′ · N up, E left

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

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Hard+
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Easy
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Hard+
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Medium
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Galaxy mag 12.0 3.5° Telescopium
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Hard+
Semi-regular variable, range 4.9–5.3
Variable Star mag 5.13 4.0° Pavo
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Hard+
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Galaxy mag 12.0 4.7° Pavo
NGC 6752
Easy
Large bright globular cluster
Globular Cluster mag 5.4 8.9° Pavo
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