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NGC 2658 — Open Cluster in Pyxis

Open Cluster Good (50/100)
Magnitude 9.0m OpenCluster Pyxis (Pyx) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 9.0
Angular Size 7.2′
Cl, pS, lRi, lC, iF, st 12-13

Position & Identifiers

RA 08h 43m 27.3s
Dec -32° 39' 22.3"
Constellation Pyxis (Pyx)
Catalog NGC 2658

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Easy Easy 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

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 2658 · 7.2′ 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 2663
Easy
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 10.59 1.2° Pyxis
NGC 2635
Medium+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 11.2 2.4° Pyxis
NGC 2627
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.0 3.0° Pyxis
NGC 2588
Hard+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 12.0 4.3° Puppis
NGC 2580
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.0 5.2° Puppis
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