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NGC 2088 — 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 1.5′ × 1.4′
Position Angle 10°
vF, S, R

Position & Identifiers

RA 05h 40m 48.0s
Dec -69° 28' 00.0"
Constellation Dorado (Dor)
Catalog NGC 2088

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)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 2088 · 1.5′ 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.

NGC 2091
Hard+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 12.07 0.0° Dorado
NGC 2102
Medium
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 11.44 0.1° Dorado
NGC 2100
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.6 0.3° Dorado
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NGC 2070
Medium+
Emission nebula — try an OIII filter
Emission Nebula mag 8.0 0.4° Dorado
NGC 2069
Medium+
Diffuse nebula
Diffuse Nebula mag 10.10 0.5° Dorado
NGC 2058
Hard+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 12.0 0.8° Mensa
NGC 2019
Medium+
Compact globular cluster
Globular Cluster mag 11.0 1.0° Mensa
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