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NGC 6250 — Open Cluster in Ara

Open Cluster Good (57/100)
Magnitude 5.9m OpenCluster Ara Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 5.9
Angular Size 9.6′
Cl, L, lRi, lC, st 8...12

Position & Identifiers

RA 16h 57m 56.1s
Dec -45° 56' 11.8"
Constellation Ara
Catalog NGC 6250

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 6250 · 9.6′ diameter

5 Best Magnification

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 6249
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.2 1.1° Scorpius
NGC 6259
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.0 1.4° Scorpius
NGC 6222
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.0 1.7° Scorpius
NGC 6216
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.0 1.9° Scorpius
NGC 6165
Easy
Planetary nebula — try an OIII filter
Planetary Nebula mag 6.71 4.6° Norma
V861 Sco
Medium
Eclipsing binary, period 7.8d
Variable Star mag 6.15 5.1° Scorpius
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