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NGC 2818 — Open Cluster in Pyxis

Open Cluster Good (48/100)
Magnitude 8.2m OpenCluster Pyxis (Pyx) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 8.2
Angular Size 0.8′
! glob. cl. , pB, pL, R, vglbM, in L Cl

Position & Identifiers

RA 09h 16m 01.5s
Dec -36° 37' 36.8"
Constellation Pyxis (Pyx)
Catalog NGC 2818

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 Jan – Mar (peak: Feb)

4 Eyepiece View

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 2818 · 0.8′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 2845
Medium
Bright spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.97 1.5° Vela
NGC 2849
Hard
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 12.50 3.9° Vela
NGC 2658
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.0 7.8° Pyxis
NGC 2671
Hard+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 12.0 7.8° Vela
NGC 2635
Medium+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 11.2 7.9° Pyxis
S Ant
Medium
Eclipsing binary, period 15.6h
Variable Star mag 6.46 8.7° Antlia
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