About NGC 2548 (M48)

NGC 2548 is a rewarding deep-sky target and shows up as a faint patch of light. It is relatively bright.

Current visibility

Right now it is at about 64° altitude and reaches 84° around 04:30 PM.

It stays above 30° for roughly 8 hours.

Observing conditions matter, fine detail requires darker skies.

Observing tips

It can be observed without much difficulty.

What to expect

With larger apertures, more structure becomes visible.

It appears more compact than typical clusters.

Type

Open Cluster

Constellation

Hydra

Distance

1500 ly

Size

42'

Season

Winter

Difficulty

Easy

Magnitude

5.5