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NGC 1629 — Open Cluster in Hydrus

Open Cluster Fair (29/100)
Magnitude 12.7m OpenCluster Hydrus (Hyi) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 12.68
Angular Size 1.7′
vF, pL, R, glbM

Position & Identifiers

RA 04h 29m 36.9s
Dec -71° 50' 17.9"
Constellation Hydrus (Hyi)
Catalog NGC 1629

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. V. hard+ V. hard V. hard
150mm Newt. Hard+ Hard V. hard+
C8 203mm Medium 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 1629 · 1.7′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 1651
Hard
Compact globular cluster
Globular Cluster mag 12.28 1.4° Mensa
NGC 1711
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.0 2.5° Mensa
NGC 1702
Hard
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 12.50 2.6° Mensa
NGC 1704
Medium
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 11.50 2.7° Dorado
NGC 1766
Hard+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 12.22 2.7° Mensa
IC 2105
Hard+
Diffuse nebula
Diffuse Nebula mag 11.30 3.1° Dorado
NGC 1511
Hard+
Bright spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.0 4.9° Hydrus
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