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NGC 411 — Open Cluster in Tucana

Open Cluster Fair (29/100)
Magnitude 12.1m OpenCluster Tucana (Tuc) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 12.10
Angular Size 2.1′ × 1.9′
cB, S, R, stellar

Position & Identifiers

RA 01h 07m 54.0s
Dec -71° 46' 00.0"
Constellation Tucana (Tuc)
Catalog NGC 411

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. 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 Sep – Nov (peak: Oct)

4 Eyepiece View

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 411 · 2.1′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 361
Hard+
Compact globular cluster
Globular Cluster mag 11.8 0.5° Tucana
NGC 458
Medium
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 11.66 0.6° Tucana
IC 1611
Hard+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 11.96 0.8° Tucana
IC 1612
Hard+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 12.31 0.9° Tucana
NGC 376
Medium+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.90 1.1° Tucana
NGC 406
Hard+
Barred spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.0 1.9° Tucana
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