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NGC 6208 — Open Cluster in Ara

Open Cluster Excellent (62/100)
Magnitude 7.2m OpenCluster Ara Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 7.2
Angular Size 8.4′
Cl, L, Ri, lCM, st 9...12

Position & Identifiers

RA 16h 49m 28.2s
Dec -53° 43' 41.9"
Constellation Ara
Catalog NGC 6208

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)

4 Eyepiece View

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 6208 · 8.4′ 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 6253
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.0 1.8° Ara
NGC 6152
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.0 2.7° Norma
NGC 6115
Medium+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 11.0 4.2° Norma
NGC 6167
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.7 4.7° Norma
S Nor
Medium
Pulsating variable, period 9.8d
Variable Star mag 6.49 6.0° Norma
NGC 6165
Easy
Planetary nebula — try an OIII filter
Planetary Nebula mag 6.71 6.1° Norma
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