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IC 2714 — Open Cluster in Carina

Open Cluster Good (47/100)
Magnitude 8.0m OpenCluster Carina (Car) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 8.0
Angular Size 7.2′
Cl, pC

Position & Identifiers

RA 11h 17m 27.4s
Dec -62° 43' 30.4"
Constellation Carina (Car)
Catalog IC 2714

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 Feb – Apr (peak: Mar)

4 Eyepiece View

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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IC 2714 · 7.2′ 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.

Melotte 105
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.6 0.8° Carina
NGC 3590
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.2 2.0° Carina
NGC 3519
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.70 2.1° Carina
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Medium+
Emission nebula — try an OIII filter
Emission Nebula mag 4.5 2.1° Centaurus
IC 2944 C
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 4.5 2.2° Centaurus
U Car
Easy
Pulsating variable, period 38.8d
Variable Star mag 6.11 3.8° Carina
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