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NGC 2112 — Open Cluster in Orion

Open Cluster Good (43/100)
Magnitude 9.0m OpenCluster Orion (Ori) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 9.0
Angular Size 21.0′
Cl, pL, lRi, pC, st S

Position & Identifiers

RA 05h 53m 45.2s
Dec +00° 24' 38.9"
Constellation Orion (Ori)
Catalog NGC 2112

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Easy Easy Medium+
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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50x TFOV: 1.0° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 2112 · 21.0′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 2071
Medium+
Diffuse nebula
Diffuse Nebula mag 8.00 1.7° Orion
M78
NGC 2068
Medium+
Reflection nebula around a bright star
Reflection Nebula mag 8.0 1.8° Orion
NGC 2180
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.00 5.8° Orion
NGC 1981
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 4.6 6.7° Orion
NGC 2186
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.7 6.8° Orion
Collinder 74
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.6 7.1° Orion
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