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NGC 5634 — Globular Cluster in Virgo

Globular Cluster Fair (37/100)
Magnitude 9.6m GlobularCluster Virgo (Vir) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 9.6
Angular Size 4.5′
glob. cl. , vB, cL, R, gbM, rrr st 19, *8 sf

Position & Identifiers

RA 14h 29m 37.3s
Dec -05° 58' 35.0"
Constellation Virgo (Vir)
Catalog NGC 5634

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Medium+ Medium+ Medium
150mm Newt. Easy Easy Easy
C8 203mm Easy Easy Easy
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 Mar – May (peak: Apr)

4 Eyepiece View

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
N E

NGC 5634 · 4.5′ 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 5493
Medium
Bright spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.5 4.6° Virgo
Zuben El Akribi
HIP 73473; Delta Librae; 19 Librae
Medium+
Eclipsing binary, period 2.3d
Variable Star mag 4.92 8.2° Libra
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