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NGC 5316 — Open Cluster in Centaurus

Open Cluster Good (59/100)
Magnitude 6.0m OpenCluster Centaurus (Cen) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 6.0
Angular Size 9.9′
Cl, pL, pC, st 11

Position & Identifiers

RA 13h 53m 54.0s
Dec -61° 52' 00.0"
Constellation Centaurus (Cen)
Catalog NGC 5316

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 Mar – May (peak: Apr)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 5316 · 9.9′ diameter

5 Best Magnification

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6 Classification Decoder

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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 5281
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 5.9 1.3° Centaurus
IC 4291
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.70 2.0° Centaurus
NGC 5288
Hard+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 12.0 2.9° Circinus
NGC 5168
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.1 2.9° Centaurus
R Cen
Hard+
Mira-type variable, range 5.3–11.8
Variable Star mag 6.39 3.4° Centaurus
NGC 5189
Hard+
Planetary nebula — try an OIII filter
Planetary Nebula mag 10.0 4.7° Musca
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