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NGC 6496 — Globular Cluster in Scorpius

Globular Cluster Good (46/100)
Magnitude 9.2m GlobularCluster Scorpius (Sco) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 9.2
Angular Size 4.6′
neb + Cl, pL, mE, gvlbM

Position & Identifiers

RA 17h 59m 03.7s
Dec -44° 15' 58.7"
Constellation Scorpius (Sco)
Catalog NGC 6496

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Easy Medium+ Medium+
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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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 6496 · 4.6′ diameter · N up, E left

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 6541
Easy
Globular cluster — dense ball of ancient stars
Globular Cluster mag 6.6 1.7° Corona Australis
NGC 6388
Easy
Globular cluster — dense ball of ancient stars
Globular Cluster mag 6.9 4.1° Scorpius
Sargas
HIP 86228; Theta Scorpii
Easy
Easy double, sep 6.5″
Double Star mag 1.87 4.1° Scorpius
NGC 6352
Easy
Globular cluster — dense ball of ancient stars
Globular Cluster mag 8.2 7.1° Ara
NGC 6441
Easy
Globular cluster — dense ball of ancient stars
Globular Cluster mag 7.4 7.4° Scorpius
NGC 6322
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.0 7.5° Scorpius
V539 Ara
Medium
Eclipsing binary, period 3.2d
Variable Star mag 5.92 9.5° Ara
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