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NGC 2453 — Open Cluster in Puppis

Open Cluster Good (48/100)
Magnitude 8.3m OpenCluster Puppis (Pup) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 8.3
Angular Size 3.0′
Cl, S, pRi, pC

Position & Identifiers

RA 07h 47m 34.1s
Dec -27° 11' 41.3"
Constellation Puppis (Pup)
Catalog NGC 2453

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

Medium 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 2453 · 3.0′ diameter

5 Best Magnification

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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 2483
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.6 1.9° Puppis
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Critter Cluster
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.0 3.4° Puppis
NGC 2482
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.3 3.4° Puppis
NGC 2489
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.9 3.4° Puppis
29 CMa
Hard+
Eclipsing binary, period 4.4d
Variable Star mag 4.98 7.0° Canis Major
IC 2311
Medium+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.52 7.2° Puppis
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