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NGC 3519 — Open Cluster in Carina

Open Cluster Fair (37/100)
Magnitude 7.7m OpenCluster Carina (Car) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 7.70
Cl, pRi, pC

Position & Identifiers

RA 11h 03m 60.0s
Dec -61° 22' 00.0"
Constellation Carina (Car)
Catalog NGC 3519

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

Medium on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season Feb – Apr (peak: Mar)

4 Eyepiece View

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19x TFOV: 2.3° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 3519 · 0.0′ diameter

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5 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 3496
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.2 1.2° Carina
NGC 3590
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.2 1.2° Carina
U Car
Easy
Pulsating variable, period 38.8d
Variable Star mag 6.11 1.8° Carina
IC 2714
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.0 2.1° Carina
NGC 3532
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 3.0 2.6° Carina
Eta Carinae Nebula
NGC 3372
Easy
Emission nebula — try an OIII filter
Emission Nebula mag 3.0 2.8° Carina
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