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IC 4715 C — Asterism in Sagittarius

Magnitude 4.5m Asterism Sagittarius (Sgr) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 4.50
Angular Size 2.0° × 1.0°
Position Angle 90°
eeL cloud of st and neb

Position & Identifiers

RA 18h 26m 12.0s
Dec -18° 25' 60.0"
Constellation Sagittarius (Sgr)
Catalog IC 4715 C

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 May – Jul (peak: Jun)

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Nearby in the Sky

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

Y Sgr
Medium
Pulsating variable, period 5.8d
Variable Star mag 5.75 1.2° Sagittarius
M25
IC 4725
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 4.6 1.5° Sagittarius
21 Sgr
Hard+
Colorful double, sep 1.7″
Double Star mag 4.81 2.1° Sagittarius
M24
Small Sagittarius Star Cloud
Easy
Bright star cloud
Star Cloud mag 2.5 2.2° Sagittarius
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