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NGC 3590 — Open Cluster in Carina

Open Cluster Good (42/100)
Magnitude 8.2m OpenCluster Carina (Car) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 8.2
Angular Size 5.1′
Cl, pRi, C, E

Position & Identifiers

RA 11h 12m 59.0s
Dec -60° 47' 20.4"
Constellation Carina (Car)
Catalog NGC 3590

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 Feb – Apr (peak: Mar)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
N E

NGC 3590 · 5.1′ diameter

5 Best Magnification

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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 3519
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.70 1.2° Carina
NGC 3496
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.2 1.7° Carina
IC 2714
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.0 2.0° Carina
U Car
Easy
Pulsating variable, period 38.8d
Variable Star mag 6.11 2.2° Carina
NGC 3532
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 3.0 2.2° Carina
Lambda Centauri Nebula
IC 2944
Medium+
Emission nebula — try an OIII filter
Emission Nebula mag 4.5 3.5° Centaurus
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