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NGC 6222 — Open Cluster in Scorpius

Open Cluster Fair (22/100)
Magnitude 10.0m OpenCluster Scorpius (Sco) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 10.0
Cl, vL, vRi, lbM, st 12...13

Position & Identifiers

RA 16h 50m 42.0s
Dec -44° 45' 00.0"
Constellation Scorpius (Sco)
Catalog NGC 6222

2How easy to spot?

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

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19x TFOV: 2.3° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 6222 · 0.0′ diameter

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5 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 6216
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.0 0.2° Scorpius
NGC 6249
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.2 1.2° Scorpius
NGC 6250
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 5.9 1.7° Ara
NGC 6259
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.0 1.8° Scorpius
V918 Sco
Hard+
Hot blue O-type star
Double Star mag 5.47 3.2° Scorpius
V861 Sco
Medium
Eclipsing binary, period 7.8d
Variable Star mag 6.15 4.1° Scorpius
NGC 6164
Easy
Planetary nebula — try an OIII filter
Planetary Nebula mag 6.71 4.4° Norma
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