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NGC 2580 — Open Cluster in Puppis

Open Cluster Good (43/100)
Magnitude 10.0m OpenCluster Puppis (Pup) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 10.0
Angular Size 3.0′
Cl, cL, pRi, pC, R, st 12

Position & Identifiers

RA 08h 21m 27.9s
Dec -30° 17' 36.6"
Constellation Puppis (Pup)
Catalog NGC 2580

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

Medium 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 2580 · 3.0′ diameter

5 Best Magnification

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6 Classification Decoder

Nearby in the Sky

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 2567
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.4 0.7° Puppis
NGC 2571
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.0 0.8° Puppis
NGC 2587
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.0 0.9° Puppis
NGC 2588
Hard+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 12.0 2.7° Puppis
IC 2311
Medium+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.52 5.0° Puppis
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