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NGC 2355 — Open Cluster in Gemini

Open Cluster Good (40/100)
Magnitude 10.0m OpenCluster Gemini (Gem) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 10.0
Angular Size 6.0′
Cl, pS, pRi, mC, st 15...16

Position & Identifiers

RA 07h 16m 59.3s
Dec +13° 44' 59.6"
Constellation Gemini (Gem)
Catalog NGC 2355

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

Easy on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season Dec – Feb (peak: Jan)

4 Eyepiece View

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 2355 · 6.0′ 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 2395
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.0 2.5° Gemini
NGC 2418
Hard+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 13.0 6.3° Gemini
NGC 2304
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.0 6.7° Gemini
Mekbuda
Zeta Gem
Medium
Pulsating variable, period 10.1d
Variable Star mag 3.79 7.5° Gemini
NGC 2420
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.3 9.3° Gemini
NGC 2259
Medium+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 11.0 9.9° Monoceros
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