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NGC 5927 — Globular Cluster in Lupus

Globular Cluster Excellent (65/100)
Magnitude 8.3m GlobularCluster Lupus (Lup) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 8.3
Angular Size 6.6′
glob. cl. , cB, L, R, vgbM, rrr, st 15

Position & Identifiers

RA 15h 28m 00.0s
Dec -50° 40' 00.0"
Constellation Lupus (Lup)
Catalog NGC 5927

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Easy Easy Easy
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)

4 Eyepiece View

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 5927 · 6.6′ 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 5946
Easy
Compact globular cluster
Globular Cluster mag 9.6 1.2° Norma
Zeta Lup
Easy
Easy double, sep 71.7″
Double Star mag 3.41 2.8° Lupus
NGC 5925
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.0 3.9° Norma
NGC 5670
Medium
Bright spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.96 9.9° Lupus
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