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NGC 1847 — Open Cluster in Dorado

Open Cluster Fair (29/100)
Magnitude 12.5m OpenCluster Dorado (Dor) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 12.47
Angular Size 1.8′ × 1.6′
Position Angle 0°
B, S, lE, ** in M

Position & Identifiers

RA 05h 07m 08.2s
Dec -68° 58' 17.0"
Constellation Dorado (Dor)
Catalog NGC 1847

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 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 Nov – Jan (peak: Dec)

4 Eyepiece View

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 1847 · 1.8′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

Nearby in the Sky

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

Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 1854
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.0 0.2° Dorado
NGC 1850
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.3 0.3° Dorado
NGC 1825
Hard+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 12.04 0.3° Dorado
NGC 1856
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.0 0.3° Dorado
NGC 1835
Easy
Compact globular cluster
Globular Cluster mag 9.8 0.5° Dorado
IC 2105
Hard+
Diffuse nebula
Diffuse Nebula mag 11.30 1.6° Dorado
NGC 1763
Medium+
Emission nebula — try an OIII filter
Emission Nebula mag 9.40 2.7° Dorado
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