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NGC 2489 — Open Cluster in Puppis

Open Cluster Good (51/100)
Magnitude 7.9m OpenCluster Puppis (Pup) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 7.9
Angular Size 4.2′
Cl, pL, cRi, pC, st 11...13

Position & Identifiers

RA 07h 56m 15.0s
Dec -30° 03' 38.9"
Constellation Puppis (Pup)
Catalog NGC 2489

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 2489 · 4.2′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 2483
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.6 2.2° Puppis
NGC 2520
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.50 2.3° Puppis
NGC 2533
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.6 2.3° Puppis
NGC 2527
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.5 2.7° Puppis
IC 2311
Medium+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.52 6.8° Puppis
29 CMa
Hard+
Eclipsing binary, period 4.4d
Variable Star mag 4.98 10.0° Canis Major
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