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NGC 2482 — Open Cluster in Puppis

Open Cluster Good (56/100)
Magnitude 7.3m OpenCluster Puppis (Pup) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 7.3
Angular Size 6.6′
Cl, L, cRi, vlC

Position & Identifiers

RA 07h 55m 10.4s
Dec -24° 15' 16.6"
Constellation Puppis (Pup)
Catalog NGC 2482

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)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 2482 · 6.6′ diameter

5 Best Magnification

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

12 Pup
Easy
Deep red carbon star
Star mag 5.11 1.3° Puppis
M93
Critter Cluster
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.0 2.4° Puppis
NGC 2455
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.0 3.3° Puppis
NGC 2453
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.3 3.4° Puppis
NGC 2483
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.6 3.6° Puppis
IC 2311
Medium+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.52 5.5° Puppis
29 CMa
Hard+
Eclipsing binary, period 4.4d
Variable Star mag 4.98 8.3° Canis Major
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