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NGC 2645 — Open Cluster in Vela

Open Cluster Fair (37/100)
Magnitude 7.3m OpenCluster Vela (Vel) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 7.32
Angular Size 6.6′
Cl, S, st L and S

Position & Identifiers

RA 08h 39m 03.1s
Dec -46° 13' 38.3"
Constellation Vela (Vel)
Catalog NGC 2645

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)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 2645 · 6.6′ diameter

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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 2660
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.8 1.2° Vela
NGC 2659
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.6 1.4° Vela
IC 2395
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 4.6 2.0° Vela
NGC 2670
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.8 2.8° Vela
AH Vel
Hard+
Pulsating variable, period 4.2d
Variable Star mag 5.76 4.7° Vela
NGC 2640
Medium+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.02 8.9° Carina
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