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NGC 1513 — Open Cluster in Perseus

Open Cluster Good (48/100)
Magnitude 8.4m OpenCluster Perseus (Per) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 8.4
Angular Size 5.1′
Cl, L, vRi, pC, st vL

Position & Identifiers

RA 04h 09m 54.7s
Dec +49° 31' 02.3"
Constellation Perseus (Per)
Catalog NGC 1513

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 1513 · 5.1′ diameter

5 Best Magnification

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6 Classification Decoder

Nearby in the Sky

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 1528
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.4 1.9° Perseus
NGC 1545
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.2 1.9° Perseus
NGC 1496
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.0 3.3° Perseus
NGC 1444
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.6 4.5° Perseus
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