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NGC 1778 — Open Cluster in Auriga

Open Cluster Good (51/100)
Magnitude 7.7m OpenCluster Auriga (Aur) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 7.7
Angular Size 4.5′
Cl, pC, lRi, iF, st L

Position & Identifiers

RA 05h 08m 05.7s
Dec +37° 01' 22.1"
Constellation Auriga (Aur)
Catalog NGC 1778

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 Nov – Jan (peak: Dec)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 1778 · 4.5′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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Other targets within a few degrees — pan your scope a little and keep exploring.

Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

Omega Aur
Easy
Colorful double, sep 4.7″
Double Star mag 4.94 2.0° Auriga
NGC 1857
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.0 3.3° Auriga
17 Aur
Medium
Eclipsing binary, period 4.1d
Variable Star mag 6.14 3.9° Auriga
M38
Starfish Cluster
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.4 4.3° Auriga
NGC 1907
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.2 4.4° Auriga
NGC 1893
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.5 4.7° Auriga
IC 2067
Hard+
Diffuse nebula
Diffuse Nebula mag 11.49 7.7° Perseus
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