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Collinder 96 — Open Cluster in Monoceros

Open Cluster Good (52/100)
Magnitude 7.3m OpenCluster Monoceros Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 7.3
Angular Size 12 arcmin
Open Cluster

Position & Identifiers

RA 06h 30m 18.0s
Dec +02° 52' 00.0"
Constellation Monoceros
Catalog Cr 96

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 Nov – Jan (peak: Dec)

4 Eyepiece View

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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Collinder 96 · 12.0′ 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.

C50
NGC 2244
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 4.8 2.1° Monoceros
Rosette Nebula
NGC 2237
Medium+
Emission nebula — try an OIII filter
Emission Nebula mag 6.0 2.1° Monoceros
Rosette nebula
NGC 2239
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 4.80 2.1° Monoceros
Collinder 110
Medium+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.8 2.2° Monoceros
Collinder 91
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.8 2.2° Monoceros
Epsilon Mon
Easy
Easy double, sep 12.1″
Double Star mag 4.44 2.4° Monoceros
T Mon
Easy
Pulsating variable, period 27.0d
Variable Star mag 5.98 4.4° Monoceros
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