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NGC 5749 — Open Cluster in Lupus

Open Cluster Good (45/100)
Magnitude 9.0m OpenCluster Lupus (Lup) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 9.0
Angular Size 7.2′
Cl, pL, pRi, lC, st 10...11

Position & Identifiers

RA 14h 48m 54.0s
Dec -54° 29' 51.7"
Constellation Lupus (Lup)
Catalog NGC 5749

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)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 5749 · 7.2′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 5822
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.0 2.2° Lupus
NGC 5823
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.9 2.6° Circinus
NGC 5662
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 5.5 2.8° Centaurus
NGC 5715
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.0 3.2° Circinus
V Cen
Medium+
Pulsating variable, period 5.5d
Variable Star mag 6.93 3.3° Centaurus
Zeta Lup
Easy
Easy double, sep 71.7″
Double Star mag 3.41 4.2° Lupus
NGC 5927
Easy
Globular cluster — dense ball of ancient stars
Globular Cluster mag 8.3 7.1° Lupus
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