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NGC 838 — Galaxy in Cetus

Galaxy Fair (33/100)

Lenticular

Magnitude 12.8m Galaxy Cetus (Cet) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 12.8
Angular Size 1.3′ × 1.0′
Position Angle 77°
Distance 179.36 million ly
Galaxy Type Lenticular (S0-a)
vF, vS, R, 3rd of 4

Position & Identifiers

RA 02h 09m 38.5s
Dec -10° 08' 48.1"
Constellation Cetus (Cet)
Catalog NGC 838

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Hard V. hard+ V. hard+
150mm Newt. Hard+ Hard+ Hard
C8 203mm Medium Hard+ Hard+
Easy Medium Hard Very hard Impossible

Bortle 3 = rural · 4 = outer suburbs · 5 = suburbs

Medium on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season Sep – Nov (peak: Oct)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 838 · 1.3′×1.0′ · N up, E left

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 833
Hard
Bright spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.7 0.1° Cetus
NGC 842
Hard+
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Galaxy mag 12.69 2.4° Cetus
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Hard
Barred spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.59 3.4° Cetus
NGC 731
Hard+
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Galaxy mag 13.0 3.8° Cetus
Chi Cet
Easy
Easy double, sep 184.1″
Double Star mag 4.67 5.0° Cetus
Mira
68 Cet
Easy
Mira-type variable, range 2.0–10.1
Variable Star mag 3.04 7.6° Cetus
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