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NGC 869/884
NGC 869/884 — Double Cluster
Open Cluster
· PerseusBeginner
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Target information
- Object type
- Open Cluster
- Constellation
- Perseus
- Right ascension
- 2h 18m 58s
- Declination
- +57° 08′ 00″
- Magnitude
- 3.7
- Angular size
- 60′ × 30′
- Surface brightness
- Not recorded
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Best months
- Aug-Jan
- Catalog IDs
- NGC 869;NGC 884;Caldwell 14
About this target
Pair of bright open clusters visible to the naked eye; classic wide-field target.
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Astro-Physics
660mm f/6.0 · 110mm aperture
Frames 49% of APS-C FOV