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NGC 5189 — Planetary Nebula in Musca

Planetary Nebula Excellent (66/100)
Magnitude 10.0m PlanetaryNebula Musca (Mus) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 10.0
Angular Size 2.3′
!, B, pL, cE, bM curved axis, 4 st inv

Position & Identifiers

RA 13h 33m 32.9s
Dec -65° 58' 26.8"
Constellation Musca (Mus)
Catalog NGC 5189

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Hard Hard V. hard+
150mm Newt. Hard+ Hard+ Hard+
C8 203mm Medium Hard+ Hard+
Easy Medium Hard Very hard Impossible

Bortle 3 = rural · 4 = outer suburbs · 5 = suburbs

With O-III filter

Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Medium Hard+ Hard+
150mm Newt. Medium+ Medium+ Medium
C8 203mm Medium+ Medium+ Medium+
Medium on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season Mar – May (peak: Apr)

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5 Eyepiece View

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 5189 · 2.3′ · N up, E left

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7 Central Star

8 Surface Brightness

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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 5288
Hard+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 12.0 2.0° Circinus
Theta Mus
Easy
Easy double, sep 5.2″
Double Star mag 5.51 2.7° Musca
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Easy
Dark nebula — shows as a void against the Milky Way
Dark Nebula mag 12.0 5.7° Crux
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