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NGC 5824 — Globular Cluster in Lupus

Globular Cluster Good (46/100)
Magnitude 9.0m GlobularCluster Lupus (Lup) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 9.0
Angular Size 5.1′
pB, S, stell, N

Position & Identifiers

RA 15h 03m 60.0s
Dec -33° 04' 00.0"
Constellation Lupus (Lup)
Catalog NGC 5824

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Easy 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 Apr – Jun (peak: May)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 5824 · 5.1′ 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 5843
Hard+
Barred spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.28 3.3° Lupus
GG Lup
Medium
Eclipsing binary, period 1.8d
Variable Star mag 5.59 8.3° Lupus
C66
NGC 5694
Medium+
Compact globular cluster
Globular Cluster mag 10.2 8.4° Hydra
NGC 5986
Easy
Globular cluster — dense ball of ancient stars
Globular Cluster mag 7.1 9.8° Lupus
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