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NGC 2266 — Open Cluster in Gemini

Open Cluster Good (43/100)
Magnitude 10.0m OpenCluster Gemini (Gem) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 10.0
Angular Size 4.2′
Cl, pS, eC, Ri, st 11...15

Position & Identifiers

RA 06h 43m 19.2s
Dec +26° 58' 10.6"
Constellation Gemini (Gem)
Catalog NGC 2266

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Medium+ 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

Medium 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 2266 · 4.2′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

48 Aur
Medium+
Pulsating variable, period 3.7d
Variable Star mag 5.55 4.8° Auriga
NGC 2331
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.0 5.3° Gemini
Collinder 89
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 5.7 6.6° Gemini
NGC 2274
Hard+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 13.0 6.7° Gemini
M35
Shoe-Buckle Cluster
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 5.3 8.1° Gemini
NGC 2158
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.6 8.6° Gemini
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