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NGC 6115 — Open Cluster in Norma

Open Cluster Fair (37/100)
Magnitude 11.0m OpenCluster Norma (Nor) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 11.0
Angular Size 3 arcmin
Cl, eL, eRi

Position & Identifiers

RA 16h 24m 26.4s
Dec -51° 56' 53.5"
Constellation Norma (Nor)
Catalog NGC 6115

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 6115 · 3.0′ diameter

5 Best Magnification

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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 6152
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.0 1.4° Norma
NGC 6167
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.7 2.8° Norma
NGC 6067
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 5.6 2.8° Norma
NGC 6134
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.2 2.8° Norma
NGC 6165
Easy
Planetary nebula — try an OIII filter
Planetary Nebula mag 6.71 4.1° Norma
Epsilon Nor
Easy
Easy double, sep 22.9″
Double Star mag 4.47 4.4° Norma
S Nor
Medium
Pulsating variable, period 9.8d
Variable Star mag 6.49 6.0° Norma
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