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NGC 2250 — Open Cluster in Monoceros

Open Cluster Good (45/100)
Magnitude 9.0m OpenCluster Monoceros (Mon) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 9.0
Angular Size 5.1′
Cl, pRi, lC, iF, st 8, 12...14

Position & Identifiers

RA 06h 32m 48.0s
Dec -05° 01' 60.0"
Constellation Monoceros (Mon)
Catalog NGC 2250

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)

4 Eyepiece View

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 2250 · 5.1′ 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 2232
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 3.9 1.6° Monoceros
NGC 2215
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.4 3.7° Monoceros
NGC 2286
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.5 4.2° Monoceros
NGC 2299
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.90 5.0° Monoceros
NGC 2182
Medium+
Reflection nebula around a bright star
Reflection Nebula mag 9.00 5.9° Monoceros
NGC 2282
Medium+
Emission nebula — try an OIII filter
Emission Nebula mag 10.00 7.3° Monoceros
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