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NGC 1961 — Galaxy in Camelopardalis

Galaxy Good (46/100)

Barred Spiral

Magnitude 11.1m Galaxy Camelopardalis (Cam) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 11.1
Angular Size 4.4′ × 3.1′
Position Angle 85°
Distance 182.37 million ly
Galaxy Type Barred Spiral (SABb)
cF, pL, iF, mbM, er, * inv; (decl?)

Position & Identifiers

RA 05h 42m 06.0s
Dec +69° 22' 60.0"
Constellation Camelopardalis (Cam)
Catalog NGC 1961

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Imp. Imp. Imp.
150mm Newt. V. hard+ V. hard V. hard
C8 203mm Hard V. hard+ V. hard+
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 Nov – Jan (peak: Dec)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 1961 · 4.4′×3.1′ · N up, E left

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

ST Cam
Easy
Mira-type variable, range 6.3–8.5
Variable Star mag 7.00 4.8° Camelopardalis
Collinder 464
Easy
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Open Cluster mag 4.2 5.1° Camelopardalis
NGC 1560
Medium
Edge-on galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.5 6.2° Camelopardalis
IC 356
Hard+
Galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.0 8.2° Camelopardalis
NGC 1569
Medium+
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Galaxy mag 11.2 8.2° Camelopardalis
NGC 2314
Medium
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.9 8.9° Camelopardalis
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