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NGC 6200 — Open Cluster in Ara

Open Cluster Good (56/100)
Magnitude 7.4m OpenCluster Ara Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 7.4
Angular Size 8.1′
Cl (in Milky Way)

Position & Identifiers

RA 16h 44m 07.3s
Dec -47° 27' 45.7"
Constellation Ara
Catalog NGC 6200

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Easy Easy Easy
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 Apr – Jun (peak: May)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 6200 · 8.1′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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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 6204
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.2 0.6° Ara
C82
NGC 6193
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 5.2 1.4° Ara
NGC 6165
Easy
Planetary nebula — try an OIII filter
Planetary Nebula mag 6.71 1.8° Norma
NGC 6178
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.2 2.3° Scorpius
NGC 6167
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.7 2.7° Norma
Epsilon Nor
Easy
Easy double, sep 22.9″
Double Star mag 4.47 2.9° Norma
C81
NGC 6352
Easy
Globular cluster — dense ball of ancient stars
Globular Cluster mag 8.2 7.0° Ara
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