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NGC 6848 — Galaxy in Telescopium

Galaxy Good (43/100)

Spiral

Magnitude 12.5m Galaxy Telescopium (Tel) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 12.50
Angular Size 2.3′ × 1.4′
Position Angle 158°
Distance 203.98 million ly
Galaxy Type Spiral (Sa)
cF, cL, R, vglbM, 2 st f

Position & Identifiers

RA 20h 02m 48.0s
Dec -56° 04' 60.0"
Constellation Telescopium (Tel)
Catalog NGC 6848

2How easy to spot?

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

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 6848 · 2.3′×1.4′ · N up, E left

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

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Hard+
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Galaxy mag 12.0 3.7° Pavo
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Easy
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Globular Cluster mag 5.4 7.9° Pavo
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