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NGC 6005 — Open Cluster in Norma

Open Cluster Fair (37/100)
Magnitude 10.7m OpenCluster Norma (Nor) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 10.7
Angular Size 4.2′
Cl, pS, pRi, mC, st 16

Position & Identifiers

RA 15h 55m 48.0s
Dec -57° 25' 60.0"
Constellation Norma (Nor)
Catalog NGC 6005

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Medium Hard+ Hard
150mm Newt. Easy Medium+ Medium+
C8 203mm Easy Easy Medium+
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 Apr – Jun (peak: May)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 6005 · 4.2′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 5999
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.0 1.1° Norma
C89
NGC 6087
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 5.4 3.1° Norma
S Nor
Medium
Pulsating variable, period 9.8d
Variable Star mag 6.49 3.1° Norma
NGC 6025
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 5.1 3.1° Triangulum Australe
NGC 6031
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.5 3.8° Norma
NGC 5946
Easy
Compact globular cluster
Globular Cluster mag 9.6 7.4° Norma
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