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IC 1612 — Open Cluster in Tucana

Open Cluster Fair (23/100)
Magnitude 12.3m OpenCluster Tucana (Tuc) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 12.31
Angular Size 1.2′ × 0.8′
Position Angle 20°
eF, vS

Position & Identifiers

RA 00h 59m 58.6s
Dec -72° 22' 14.5"
Constellation Tucana (Tuc)
Catalog IC 1612

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. V. hard+ V. hard+ V. hard
150mm Newt. Medium Hard+ Hard
C8 203mm Medium+ Medium Hard+
Easy Medium Hard Very hard Impossible

Bortle 3 = rural · 4 = outer suburbs · 5 = suburbs

Medium on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season Aug – Oct (peak: Sep)

4 Eyepiece View

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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IC 1612 · 1.2′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

IC 1611
Hard+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 11.96 0.0° Tucana
NGC 330
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.6 0.3° Tucana
NGC 376
Medium+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.90 0.5° Tucana
NGC 416
Medium+
Compact globular cluster
Globular Cluster mag 11.0 0.6° Tucana
NGC 411
Hard+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 12.10 0.9° Tucana
NGC 406
Hard+
Barred spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.0 2.6° Tucana
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