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NGC 1662 — Open Cluster in Orion

Open Cluster Excellent (65/100)
Magnitude 6.4m OpenCluster Orion (Ori) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 6.4
Angular Size 13.8′
Cl of L & S sc st

Position & Identifiers

RA 04h 48m 30.0s
Dec +10° 55' 60.0"
Constellation Orion (Ori)
Catalog NGC 1662

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)

4 Eyepiece View

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
N E

NGC 1662 · 13.8′ diameter

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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.

88 Tau
Easy
Easy double, sep 69.2″
Double Star mag 4.25 3.3° Taurus
Hyades
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 0.5 7.1° Taurus
NGC 1807
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.0 7.8° Taurus
NGC 1817
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.7 8.2° Taurus
NGC 1647
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.4 8.2° Taurus
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