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NGC 330 — Open Cluster in Tucana

Open Cluster Fair (39/100)
Magnitude 9.6m OpenCluster Tucana (Tuc) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 9.6
Angular Size 2.8′ × 2.5′
Position Angle 120°
glob. cl. , vB, S, lE, st 13...15

Position & Identifiers

RA 00h 56m 17.6s
Dec -72° 27' 46.4"
Constellation Tucana (Tuc)
Catalog NGC 330

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Easy Medium+ 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 Aug – Oct (peak: Sep)

4 Eyepiece View

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 330 · 2.8′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

IC 1612
Hard+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 12.31 0.3° Tucana
IC 1611
Hard+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 11.96 0.3° Tucana
NGC 376
Medium+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.90 0.7° Tucana
NGC 290
Hard+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 12.0 0.8° Tucana
NGC 416
Medium+
Compact globular cluster
Globular Cluster mag 11.0 0.9° Tucana
NGC 406
Hard+
Barred spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.0 2.7° Tucana
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