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NGC 1342 — Open Cluster in Perseus

Open Cluster Good (59/100)
Magnitude 6.7m OpenCluster Perseus (Per) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 6.7
Angular Size 6.3′
Cl, vL, ab 60 st

Position & Identifiers

RA 03h 31m 40.1s
Dec +37° 22' 45.8"
Constellation Perseus (Per)
Catalog NGC 1342

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 Oct – Dec (peak: Nov)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 1342 · 6.3′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 1294
Hard
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 13.1 4.4° Perseus
Gorgonea Tertia
HIP 14354; Rho Persei; 25 Persei
Medium
Semi-regular variable, range 3.3–4.0
Variable Star mag 3.39 5.4° Perseus
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