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NGC 2141 — Open Cluster in Orion

Open Cluster Good (50/100)
Magnitude 9.4m OpenCluster Orion (Ori) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 9.4
Angular Size 5.4′
F, pS, dif

Position & Identifiers

RA 06h 02m 55.1s
Dec +10° 26' 47.4"
Constellation Orion (Ori)
Catalog NGC 2141

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Easy Medium+ 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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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 2141 · 5.4′ diameter

5 Best Magnification

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

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Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.5 3.6° Orion
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Medium+
Semi-regular variable, range 0.4–1.3
Variable Star mag 0.50 3.6° Orion
NGC 2169
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 5.9 3.8° Orion
Collinder 74
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.6 4.7° Orion
NGC 2186
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.7 5.5° Orion
NGC 2245
Hard+
Reflection nebula around a bright star
Reflection Nebula mag 11.00 7.3° Monoceros
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