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NGC 419 — Globular Cluster in Tucana

Globular Cluster Fair (36/100)
Magnitude 10.0m GlobularCluster Tucana (Tuc) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 10.0
Angular Size 2.8′
pB, pL, R, gbM

Position & Identifiers

RA 01h 08m 18.0s
Dec -72° 52' 60.0"
Constellation Tucana (Tuc)
Catalog NGC 419

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Medium+ Medium Hard+
150mm Newt. Easy Easy Medium+
C8 203mm Easy Easy Easy
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 419 · 2.8′ diameter · N up, E left

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 376
Medium+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.90 0.3° Tucana
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Medium+
Compact globular cluster
Globular Cluster mag 11.0 0.5° Tucana
NGC 361
Hard+
Compact globular cluster
Globular Cluster mag 11.8 1.4° Tucana
NGC 269
Hard+
Compact globular cluster
Globular Cluster mag 12.0 1.6° Tucana
NGC 265
Hard+
Compact globular cluster
Globular Cluster mag 12.0 1.6° Tucana
NGC 406
Hard+
Barred spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.0 3.0° Tucana
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