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NGC 2194 — Open Cluster in Orion

Open Cluster Good (53/100)
Magnitude 8.5m OpenCluster Orion (Ori) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 8.5
Angular Size 8.7′
Cl, L, Ri, gvmCM

Position & Identifiers

RA 06h 13m 45.9s
Dec +12° 48' 24.1"
Constellation Orion (Ori)
Catalog NGC 2194

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Easy Easy Easy
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 2194 · 8.7′ diameter

5 Best Magnification

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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 2169
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 5.9 1.7° Orion
BL Ori
Medium
Semi-regular variable, range 5.9–6.6
Variable Star mag 6.24 3.4° Orion
NGC 2141
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.4 3.6° Orion
Collinder 95
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.1 5.1° Monoceros
NGC 2245
Hard+
Reflection nebula around a bright star
Reflection Nebula mag 11.00 5.3° Monoceros
NGC 2259
Medium+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 11.0 6.3° Monoceros
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