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IC 2395 — Open Cluster in Vela

Open Cluster Good (54/100)
Magnitude 4.6m OpenCluster Vela (Vel) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 4.6
Angular Size 6.0′
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Position & Identifiers

RA 08h 41m 06.0s
Dec -48° 12' 00.0"
Constellation Vela (Vel)
Catalog IC 2395

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 Dec – Feb (peak: Jan)

4 Eyepiece View

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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IC 2395 · 6.0′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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.

NGC 2670
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.8 0.9° Vela
NGC 2660
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.8 1.0° Vela
NGC 2645
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.32 2.0° Vela
NGC 2659
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.6 3.2° Vela
AH Vel
Hard+
Pulsating variable, period 4.2d
Variable Star mag 5.76 5.2° Vela
NGC 2640
Medium+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.02 6.9° Carina
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