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NGC 2588 — Open Cluster in Puppis

Open Cluster Fair (34/100)
Magnitude 12.0m OpenCluster Puppis (Pup) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 12.0
Angular Size 3.9′
Cl, F, S, R, gbM, st 15

Position & Identifiers

RA 08h 23m 09.6s
Dec -32° 58' 30.7"
Constellation Puppis (Pup)
Catalog NGC 2588

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Hard V. hard+ V. hard
150mm Newt. Medium Hard+ Hard
C8 203mm Medium+ Medium Hard+
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 2588 · 3.9′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 2567
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.4 2.5° Puppis
NGC 2580
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.0 2.7° Puppis
NGC 2571
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.0 3.3° Puppis
NGC 2587
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.0 3.5° Puppis
OS Pup
Easy
Easy double, sep 66.8″
Double Star mag 5.08 3.8° Puppis
NGC 2663
Easy
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 10.59 4.7° Pyxis
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