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NGC 294 — Open Cluster in Tucana

Open Cluster Fair (29/100)
Magnitude 12.2m OpenCluster Tucana (Tuc) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 12.24
Angular Size 1.7′
vF, pL, R, vglbM, r

Position & Identifiers

RA 00h 53m 04.7s
Dec -73° 22' 49.4"
Constellation Tucana (Tuc)
Catalog NGC 294

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. V. hard+ V. hard+ V. hard
150mm Newt. Medium Hard+ Hard
C8 203mm Medium+ Medium Hard+
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 Aug – Oct (peak: Sep)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 294 · 1.7′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 290
Hard+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 12.0 0.3° Tucana
NGC 269
Hard+
Compact globular cluster
Globular Cluster mag 12.0 0.4° Tucana
NGC 242
Hard+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 12.0 0.7° Tucana
NGC 231
Hard+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 12.0 0.9° Tucana
NGC 222
Medium+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 11.0 0.9° Tucana
NGC 406
Hard+
Barred spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.0 3.7° Tucana
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