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NGC 4852 — Open Cluster in Centaurus

Open Cluster Good (50/100)
Magnitude 9.0m OpenCluster Centaurus (Cen) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 9.0
Angular Size 5.4′
Cl, L, pRi, iR, st 10

Position & Identifiers

RA 13h 00m 04.4s
Dec -59° 36' 33.8"
Constellation Centaurus (Cen)
Catalog NGC 4852

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Easy Easy 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

Easy on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season Mar – May (peak: Apr)

4 Eyepiece View

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 4852 · 5.4′ diameter

5 Best Magnification

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

Jewel Box
NGC 4755
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 4.2 1.1° Crux
S Cru
Medium
Pulsating variable, period 4.7d
Variable Star mag 6.58 1.4° Crux
NGC 5138
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.6 3.5° Centaurus
Coalsack Nebula
Easy
Dark nebula — shows as a void against the Milky Way
Dark Nebula mag 12.0 3.7° Crux
C98
NGC 4609
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.9 4.0° Crux
NGC 4439
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.4 4.0° Crux
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