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NGC 2660 — Open Cluster in Vela

Open Cluster Good (42/100)
Magnitude 8.8m OpenCluster Vela (Vel) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 8.8
Angular Size 3.6′
Cl, pS, mC, iR, gbM, st 13...15

Position & Identifiers

RA 08h 42m 38.0s
Dec -47° 12' 02.5"
Constellation Vela (Vel)
Catalog NGC 2660

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

Medium 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 2660 · 3.6′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

IC 2395
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 4.6 1.0° Vela
NGC 2645
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.32 1.2° Vela
NGC 2670
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.8 1.7° Vela
NGC 2659
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.6 2.2° Vela
AH Vel
Hard+
Pulsating variable, period 4.2d
Variable Star mag 5.76 5.3° Vela
NGC 2640
Medium+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.02 8.0° Carina
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