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NGC 2925 — Open Cluster in Vela

Open Cluster Good (53/100)
Magnitude 8.0m OpenCluster Vela (Vel) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 8.0
Angular Size 7.5′
Cl, pRi, pC, D* taken

Position & Identifiers

RA 09h 33m 10.9s
Dec -53° 23' 45.6"
Constellation Vela (Vel)
Catalog NGC 2925

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 2925 · 7.5′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 2910
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.2 0.6° Vela
Markeb
Kappa Vel
Easy
Bright naked-eye star, mag 2.5
Star mag 2.50 2.3° Vela
NGC 2972
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.9 3.3° Vela
IC 2488
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.0 3.7° Vela
NGC 3033
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.8 3.8° Vela
NGC 2714
Hard
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 13.15 8.0° Carina
l Car
Medium+
Pulsating variable, period 35.6d
Variable Star mag 3.69 9.2° Carina
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