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IC 1442 — Open Cluster in Lacerta

Open Cluster Fair (25/100)
Magnitude 9.1m OpenCluster Lacerta (Lac) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 9.1
Angular Size 4.2′
Cl of neb stars

Position & Identifiers

RA 22h 16m 01.3s
Dec +53° 59' 28.7"
Constellation Lacerta (Lac)
Catalog IC 1442

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

Medium 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 1442 · 4.2′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

Nearby in the Sky

Other targets within a few degrees — pan your scope a little and keep exploring.

Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 7245
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.2 0.4° Lacerta
IC 1434
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.0 1.4° Lacerta
NGC 7226
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.6 1.6° Cepheus
NGC 7295
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.70 2.2° Lacerta
Delta Cep
Medium+
Pulsating variable, period 5.4d
Variable Star mag 3.75 4.8° Cepheus
Cocoon Nebula
IC 5146
Medium+
Emission nebula — try an OIII filter
Emission Nebula mag 10.0 7.6° Cygnus
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