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NGC 6249 — Open Cluster in Scorpius

Open Cluster Good (48/100)
Magnitude 8.2m OpenCluster Scorpius (Sco) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 8.2
Angular Size 7.6′
Cl, pRi, vlC, iF, st L & S

Position & Identifiers

RA 16h 57m 41.5s
Dec -44° 48' 42.8"
Constellation Scorpius (Sco)
Catalog NGC 6249

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 6249 · 7.6′ diameter

5 Best Magnification

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6 Classification Decoder

Nearby in the Sky

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 6259
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.0 0.6° Scorpius
NGC 6250
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 5.9 1.1° Ara
NGC 6222
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.0 1.2° Scorpius
NGC 6216
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.0 1.5° Scorpius
V861 Sco
Medium
Eclipsing binary, period 7.8d
Variable Star mag 6.15 4.0° Scorpius
NGC 6165
Easy
Planetary nebula — try an OIII filter
Planetary Nebula mag 6.71 5.3° Norma
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