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NGC 1496 — Open Cluster in Perseus

Open Cluster Good (43/100)
Magnitude 10.0m OpenCluster Perseus (Per) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 10.0
Angular Size 2.1′
Cl, segment of a ring

Position & Identifiers

RA 04h 04m 31.9s
Dec +52° 39' 41.0"
Constellation Perseus (Per)
Catalog NGC 1496

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Medium+ Medium Medium
150mm Newt. Easy Easy Easy
C8 203mm Easy Easy Easy
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 1496 · 2.1′ diameter

5 Best Magnification

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6 Classification Decoder

Nearby in the Sky

Other targets within a few degrees — pan your scope a little and keep exploring.

Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 1528
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.4 2.2° Perseus
NGC 1444
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.6 2.3° Perseus
NGC 1513
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.4 3.3° Perseus
NGC 1545
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.2 3.5° Perseus
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