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NGC 2396 — Open Cluster in Puppis

Open Cluster Good (56/100)
Magnitude 7.0m OpenCluster Puppis (Pup) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 7.0
Angular Size 6.6′
Cl, vL, vlC

Position & Identifiers

RA 07h 28m 02.9s
Dec -11° 43' 10.9"
Constellation Puppis (Pup)
Catalog NGC 2396

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 Dec – Feb (peak: Jan)

4 Eyepiece View

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 2396 · 6.6′ 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 2374
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.0 1.8° Canis Major
NGC 2368
Hard+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 12.0 2.2° Monoceros
Melotte 71
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.1 2.3° Puppis
Melotte 72
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.1 2.7° Puppis
NGC 2438
Hard+
Planetary nebula — try an OIII filter
Planetary Nebula mag 10.0 4.5° Puppis
R CMa
Medium
Eclipsing binary, period 1.1d
Variable Star mag 5.70 5.1° Canis Major
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