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IC 361 — Open Cluster in Camelopardalis

Open Cluster Fair (30/100)
Magnitude 11.7m OpenCluster Camelopardalis (Cam) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 11.7
Angular Size 6 arcmin
F, L (neb Cl?)

Position & Identifiers

RA 04h 18m 50.7s
Dec +58° 14' 58.2"
Constellation Camelopardalis (Cam)
Catalog IC 361

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Hard Hard V. hard+
150mm Newt. Medium+ Medium Hard+
C8 203mm Medium+ Medium+ Medium
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 Oct – Dec (peak: Nov)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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IC 361 · 6.0′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

Nearby in the Sky

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

Kemble's Cascade Cluster
NGC 1502
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 5.7 4.3° Camelopardalis
1 Cam
Easy
Easy double, sep 10.4″
Double Star mag 5.77 4.7° Camelopardalis
NGC 1496
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.0 5.9° Perseus
NGC 1569
Medium+
Galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.2 6.8° Camelopardalis
NGC 1444
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.6 7.0° Perseus
NGC 1528
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.4 7.1° Perseus
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