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NGC 2483 — Open Cluster in Puppis

Open Cluster Good (56/100)
Magnitude 7.6m OpenCluster Puppis (Pup) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 7.6
Angular Size 3.3′
Cl, L, lC

Position & Identifiers

RA 07h 55m 38.8s
Dec -27° 53' 12.5"
Constellation Puppis (Pup)
Catalog NGC 2483

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 2483 · 3.3′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 2520
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.50 1.5° Puppis
NGC 2453
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.3 1.9° Puppis
NGC 2527
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.5 2.1° Puppis
NGC 2489
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.9 2.2° Puppis
IC 2311
Medium+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.52 5.8° Puppis
29 CMa
Hard+
Eclipsing binary, period 4.4d
Variable Star mag 4.98 8.9° Canis Major
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