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NGC 1220 — Open Cluster in Perseus

Open Cluster Fair (34/100)
Magnitude 12.0m OpenCluster Perseus (Per) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 12.0
Angular Size 2.4′
Cl, vS, st vF

Position & Identifiers

RA 03h 11m 40.7s
Dec +53° 20' 53.5"
Constellation Perseus (Per)
Catalog NGC 1220

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Hard V. hard+ V. hard
150mm Newt. Medium Hard+ Hard
C8 203mm Medium+ Medium 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 1220 · 2.4′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

Miram
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Easy
Colorful double, sep 28.7″
Double Star mag 3.76 4.0° Perseus
Alpha Persei Cluster
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 1.2 4.0° Perseus
NGC 1444
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.6 5.7° Perseus
NGC 1245
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.4 6.1° Perseus
NGC 957
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.6 6.9° Perseus
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