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NGC 1916 — Open Cluster in Dorado

Open Cluster Fair (29/100)
Magnitude 10.4m OpenCluster Dorado (Dor) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 10.38
Angular Size 2.1′
B, S, R, vgvmbM, r

Position & Identifiers

RA 05h 18m 36.5s
Dec -69° 24' 24.5"
Constellation Dorado (Dor)
Catalog NGC 1916

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Medium+ Medium Hard+
150mm Newt. Easy Easy Medium+
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 Nov – Jan (peak: Dec)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 1916 · 2.1′ 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 1922
Medium
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 11.51 0.1° Dorado
NGC 1903
Hard+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 12.0 0.1° Dorado
NGC 1913
Medium+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 11.14 0.1° Dorado
NGC 1910
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.65 0.2° Dorado
NGC 1898
Medium+
Compact globular cluster
Globular Cluster mag 11.0 0.3° Dorado
IC 2128
Hard+
Diffuse nebula
Diffuse Nebula mag 11.10 1.4° Dorado
Tarantula Nebula
NGC 2070
Medium+
Emission nebula — try an OIII filter
Emission Nebula mag 8.0 1.8° Dorado
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