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NGC 5925 — Open Cluster in Norma

Open Cluster Good (59/100)
Magnitude 8.0m OpenCluster Norma (Nor) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 8.0
Angular Size 4.8′
Cl, vL, vRi, lC, st 11...14

Position & Identifiers

RA 15h 27m 26.8s
Dec -54° 31' 43.7"
Constellation Norma (Nor)
Catalog NGC 5925

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 Apr – Jun (peak: May)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
N E

NGC 5925 · 4.8′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

C88
NGC 5823
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.9 3.3° Circinus
Zeta Lup
Easy
Easy double, sep 71.7″
Double Star mag 3.41 3.3° Lupus
NGC 5822
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.0 3.4° Lupus
NGC 5927
Easy
Globular cluster — dense ball of ancient stars
Globular Cluster mag 8.3 3.9° Lupus
NGC 5999
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.0 4.0° Norma
NGC 6005
Medium+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.7 4.9° Norma
S Nor
Medium
Pulsating variable, period 9.8d
Variable Star mag 6.49 7.9° Norma
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