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NGC 2368 — Open Cluster in Monoceros

Open Cluster Good (40/100)
Magnitude 12.0m OpenCluster Monoceros (Mon) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 12.0
Angular Size 4.5′
Cl, S, pRi, st 15

Position & Identifiers

RA 07h 21m 06.3s
Dec -10° 22' 18.5"
Constellation Monoceros (Mon)
Catalog NGC 2368

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Hard V. hard+ V. hard
150mm Newt. Medium Hard+ Hard
C8 203mm Medium+ Medium Hard+
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)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 2368 · 4.5′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

Nearby in the Sky

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 2353
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.1 1.6° Monoceros
NGC 2396
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.0 2.2° Puppis
NGC 2374
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.0 3.0° Canis Major
NGC 2343
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.7 3.2° Monoceros
R CMa
Medium
Eclipsing binary, period 1.1d
Variable Star mag 5.70 6.0° Canis Major
NGC 2438
Hard+
Planetary nebula — try an OIII filter
Planetary Nebula mag 10.0 6.7° Puppis
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