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NGC 1718 — Open Cluster in Dorado

Open Cluster Fair (29/100)
Magnitude 12.2m OpenCluster Dorado (Dor) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 12.25
Angular Size 1.8′
F, pS, R, vglbM

Position & Identifiers

RA 04h 52m 25.4s
Dec -67° 03' 02.5"
Constellation Dorado (Dor)
Catalog NGC 1718

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. Medium Hard+ Hard
C8 203mm Medium+ Medium 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)

4 Eyepiece View

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 1718 · 1.8′ 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.

NGC 1714
Hard+
Diffuse nebula
Diffuse Nebula mag 11.61 0.1° Dorado
NGC 1774
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.0 0.6° Dorado
NGC 1763
Medium+
Emission nebula — try an OIII filter
Emission Nebula mag 9.40 0.8° Dorado
NGC 1786
Easy
Compact globular cluster
Globular Cluster mag 10.1 0.9° Dorado
NGC 1820
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.0 1.1° Dorado
NGC 1755
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.9 1.2° Dorado
NGC 1810
Hard+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 11.90 1.3° Dorado
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