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NGC 1027 — Open Cluster in Cassiopeia

Open Cluster Excellent (65/100)
Magnitude 6.7m OpenCluster Cassiopeia (Cas) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 6.7
Angular Size 7.8′
Cl, L, sc st, one 10m

Position & Identifiers

RA 02h 42m 35.1s
Dec +61° 35' 39.8"
Constellation Cassiopeia (Cas)
Catalog NGC 1027

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 Sep – Nov (peak: Oct)

4 Eyepiece View

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 1027 · 7.8′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

IC 1805 C
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.5 1.2° Cassiopeia
IC 1848 C
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.5 1.6° Cassiopeia
NGC 957
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.6 4.2° Perseus
Double cluster
NGC 884
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 4.0 5.1° Perseus
SU Cas
Hard+
Pulsating variable, period 1.9d
Variable Star mag 5.80 7.4° Cassiopeia
IC 342
Medium
Galaxy
Galaxy mag 9.0 9.4° Camelopardalis
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