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NGC 1710 — Galaxy in Lepus

Galaxy Fair (20/100)

Elliptical

Magnitude 14.0m Galaxy Lepus (Lep) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 14.0
Angular Size 1.6′ × 1.3′
Position Angle 19°
Distance 242.06 million ly
Galaxy Type Elliptical (E-S0)
vF, vS, R, bMN, *13 inv

Position & Identifiers

RA 04h 57m 17.1s
Dec -15° 17' 20.4"
Constellation Lepus (Lep)
Catalog NGC 1710

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 V. 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 Oct – Dec (peak: Nov)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 1710 · 1.6′×1.3′ · N up, E left

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

R Lep
Hard+
Mira-type variable, range 5.5–11.7
Variable Star mag 7.71 0.7° Lepus
NGC 1781
Hard
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Galaxy mag 12.87 3.9° Lepus
NGC 1784
Hard+
Bright spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.8 4.0° Lepus
NGC 1725
Hard+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 13.0 4.2° Eridanus
Kappa Lep
Medium
Tight double — a rewarding split at 2.0″
Double Star mag 4.36 4.5° Lepus
NGC 1888
Hard+
Barred spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.0 7.2° Lepus
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