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NGC 1193 — Open Cluster in Perseus

Open Cluster Fair (34/100)
Magnitude 13.0m OpenCluster Perseus (Per) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 13.0
Angular Size 2.4′
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Position & Identifiers

RA 03h 05m 55.7s
Dec +44° 22' 59.2"
Constellation Perseus (Per)
Catalog NGC 1193

2How easy to spot?

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

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 1193 · 2.4′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 1175
Hard+
Bright spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.8 2.1° Perseus
NGC 1245
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.4 3.2° Perseus
Algol
HIP 14576; Beta Persei; 26 Persei
Easy
Eclipsing binary, period 2.9d
Variable Star mag 2.12 3.5° Perseus
M34
Spiral Cluster
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 5.5 4.6° Perseus
NGC 956
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.0 6.0° Andromeda
Alpha Persei Cluster
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 1.2 6.3° Perseus
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