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IC 1434 — Open Cluster in Lacerta

Open Cluster Fair (39/100)
Magnitude 9.0m OpenCluster Lacerta (Lac) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 9.0
Angular Size 4.8′
fine Cl, 6 branches, st 12-15m

Position & Identifiers

RA 22h 10m 42.2s
Dec +52° 51' 00.4"
Constellation Lacerta (Lac)
Catalog IC 1434

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Easy Easy 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 Jul – Sep (peak: Aug)

4 Eyepiece View

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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IC 1434 · 4.8′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

Nearby in the Sky

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

IC 1442
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.1 1.4° Lacerta
NGC 7245
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.2 1.6° Lacerta
NGC 7226
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.6 2.5° Cepheus
NGC 7295
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.70 2.7° Lacerta
Delta Cep
Medium+
Pulsating variable, period 5.4d
Variable Star mag 3.75 6.1° Cepheus
Cocoon Nebula
IC 5146
Medium+
Emission nebula — try an OIII filter
Emission Nebula mag 10.0 6.2° Cygnus
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