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NGC 2669 — Open Cluster in Vela

Open Cluster Good (59/100)
Magnitude 6.1m OpenCluster Vela (Vel) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 6.1
Angular Size 8.4′
Cl, L, P, lC, st 10...13

Position & Identifiers

RA 08h 44m 54.0s
Dec -52° 58' 00.0"
Constellation Vela (Vel)
Catalog NGC 2669

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 2669 · 8.4′ 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.

HY Vel
Easy
Easy double, sep 76.3″
Double Star mag 4.86 0.4° Vela
IC 2391
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 2.5 0.7° Vela
NGC 2640
Medium+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.02 2.4° Carina
NGC 2670
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.8 4.2° Vela
IC 2395
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 4.6 4.8° Vela
NGC 2660
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.8 5.8° Vela
V Pup
Medium
Eclipsing binary, period 1.5d
Variable Star mag 4.41 8.2° Puppis
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