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NGC 2479 — Open Cluster in Puppis

Open Cluster Good (40/100)
Magnitude 10.0m OpenCluster Puppis (Pup) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 10.0
Angular Size 6.3′
Cl, pL, pRi, pC, st S

Position & Identifiers

RA 07h 55m 06.1s
Dec -17° 42' 28.1"
Constellation Puppis (Pup)
Catalog NGC 2479

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 2479 · 6.3′ 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 2509
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.0 1.9° Puppis
NGC 2432
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.0 3.6° Puppis
NGC 2455
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.0 3.9° Puppis
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NGC 2437
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.1 4.3° Puppis
NGC 2438
Hard+
Planetary nebula — try an OIII filter
Planetary Nebula mag 10.0 4.4° Puppis
NGC 2517
Hard+
Bright spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.3 5.7° Puppis
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