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NGC 2659 — Open Cluster in Vela

Open Cluster Good (42/100)
Magnitude 8.6m OpenCluster Vela (Vel) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 8.6
Angular Size 5.1′
Cl, L, Ri, pmE, st 11...14

Position & Identifiers

RA 08h 42m 33.0s
Dec -45° 00' 01.8"
Constellation Vela (Vel)
Catalog NGC 2659

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 2659 · 5.1′ diameter

5 Best Magnification

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 2645
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.32 1.4° Vela
NGC 2660
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.8 2.2° Vela
NGC 2671
Hard+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 12.0 3.2° Vela
IC 2395
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 4.6 3.2° Vela
AH Vel
Hard+
Pulsating variable, period 4.2d
Variable Star mag 5.76 5.6° Vela
NGC 2845
Medium
Bright spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.97 9.7° Vela
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