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Collinder 95 — Open Cluster in Monoceros

Open Cluster Good (45/100)
Magnitude 9.1m OpenCluster Monoceros Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 9.1
Angular Size 27 arcmin
Open Cluster

Position & Identifiers

RA 06h 30m 51.0s
Dec +09° 56' 37.0"
Constellation Monoceros
Catalog Cr 95

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Easy Easy 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 Nov – Jan (peak: Dec)

4 Eyepiece View

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50x TFOV: 1.0° Lim. mag: 13.6
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Collinder 95 · 27.0′ diameter

5 Best Magnification

Nearby in the Sky

Other targets within a few degrees — pan your scope a little and keep exploring.

Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

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Reflection Nebula mag 11.00 0.5° Monoceros
NGC 2251
Easy
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NGC 2259
Medium+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 11.0 2.1° Monoceros
15 Mon
Medium+
Easy double, sep 3.0″
Double Star mag 4.66 2.5° Monoceros
NGC 2254
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.7 2.6° Monoceros
NGC 2236
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.5 3.1° Monoceros
T Mon
Easy
Pulsating variable, period 27.0d
Variable Star mag 5.98 3.2° Monoceros
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