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NGC 2009 — Open Cluster in Dorado

Open Cluster Fair (29/100)
Magnitude 11.0m OpenCluster Dorado (Dor) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 11.02
Angular Size 1.4′ × 1.2′
Position Angle 10°
pF, pS, R, glbM, in Cl

Position & Identifiers

RA 05h 30m 59.2s
Dec -69° 10' 54.1"
Constellation Dorado (Dor)
Catalog NGC 2009

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Medium Hard+ Hard
150mm Newt. Easy Medium+ Medium
C8 203mm Easy Easy Medium+
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 2009 · 1.4′ 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 1967
Medium+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.81 0.4° Dorado
NGC 1966
Medium
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 11.83 0.5° Dorado
NGC 2005
Medium
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 11.57 0.6° Dorado
NGC 1953
Hard+
Compact globular cluster
Globular Cluster mag 11.74 0.6° Dorado
Tarantula Nebula
NGC 2070
Medium+
Emission nebula — try an OIII filter
Emission Nebula mag 8.0 0.7° Dorado
NGC 2069
Medium+
Diffuse nebula
Diffuse Nebula mag 10.10 0.7° Dorado
NGC 1969
Hard
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 12.46 0.8° Dorado
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