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NGC 2520 — Open Cluster in Puppis

Open Cluster Good (40/100)
Magnitude 6.5m OpenCluster Puppis (Pup) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 6.50
Angular Size 9.3′
Cl, B, pRi, pC; = 2527

Position & Identifiers

RA 08h 02m 30.0s
Dec -28° 10' 60.0"
Constellation Puppis (Pup)
Catalog NGC 2520

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)

4 Eyepiece View

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 2520 · 9.3′ 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 2527
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.5 0.5° Puppis
NGC 2483
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.6 1.5° Puppis
NGC 2533
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.6 2.0° Puppis
NGC 2489
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.9 2.3° Puppis
IC 2311
Medium+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.52 4.6° Puppis
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