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NGC 6810 — Galaxy in Pavo

Galaxy Good (48/100)

Barred Spiral

Magnitude 12.0m Galaxy Pavo (Pav) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 12.0
Angular Size 3.8′ × 1.1′
Position Angle 175°
Distance 88.70 million ly
Galaxy Type Barred Spiral (Sab)
cF, S, eE 170deg , stell N

Position & Identifiers

RA 19h 43m 34.2s
Dec -58° 39' 20.2"
Constellation Pavo (Pav)
Catalog NGC 6810

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Hard Hard V. hard+
150mm Newt. Medium Hard+ Hard+
C8 203mm Medium+ Medium Medium
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Bortle 3 = rural · 4 = outer suburbs · 5 = suburbs

Medium on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season Jun – Aug (peak: Jul)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 6810 · 3.8′×1.1′ · N up, E left

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NU Pav
Hard+
Semi-regular variable, range 4.9–5.3
Variable Star mag 5.13 2.4° Pavo
IC 4906
Hard+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.97 2.5° Pavo
NGC 6799
Hard+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.66 3.1° Telescopium
NGC 6812
Hard+
Bright spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.72 3.3° Telescopium
IC 4845
Hard+
Barred spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.97 3.4° Pavo
NGC 6752
Easy
Large bright globular cluster
Globular Cluster mag 5.4 4.4° Pavo
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