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NGC 2910 — Open Cluster in Vela

Open Cluster Good (51/100)
Magnitude 7.2m OpenCluster Vela (Vel) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 7.2
Angular Size 4.8′
Cl, cL, pRi, pC, st 10...14

Position & Identifiers

RA 09h 30m 29.0s
Dec -52° 54' 50.4"
Constellation Vela (Vel)
Catalog NGC 2910

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 Jan – Mar (peak: Feb)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 2910 · 4.8′ diameter

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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 2925
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.0 0.6° Vela
Markeb
Kappa Vel
Easy
Bright naked-eye star, mag 2.5
Star mag 2.50 2.4° Vela
NGC 2972
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.9 3.0° Vela
IC 2488
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.0 4.1° Vela
NGC 3033
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.8 4.4° Vela
NGC 2640
Medium+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.02 8.1° Carina
l Car
Medium+
Pulsating variable, period 35.6d
Variable Star mag 3.69 9.8° Carina
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