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NGC 1711 — Open Cluster in Mensa

Open Cluster Fair (29/100)
Magnitude 10.0m OpenCluster Mensa (Men) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 10.0
Angular Size 3.5′ × 3.3′
Position Angle 40°
glob. cl. , B, S, iR, rrr, st 14

Position & Identifiers

RA 04h 50m 36.1s
Dec -69° 59' 07.4"
Constellation Mensa (Men)
Catalog NGC 1711

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 1711 · 3.5′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 1702
Hard
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 12.50 0.2° Mensa
NGC 1704
Medium
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 11.50 0.2° Dorado
NGC 1751
Hard+
Compact globular cluster
Globular Cluster mag 11.73 0.4° Mensa
NGC 1766
Hard+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 12.22 0.5° Mensa
NGC 1695
Hard+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 12.16 0.7° Dorado
IC 2105
Hard+
Diffuse nebula
Diffuse Nebula mag 11.30 0.8° Dorado
NGC 2018
Medium
Emission nebula — try an OIII filter
Emission Nebula mag 10.89 3.6° Mensa
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