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NGC 6374 — Open Cluster in Scorpius

Open Cluster Fair (39/100)
Magnitude 9.0m OpenCluster Scorpius (Sco) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 9.0
Angular Size 6.9′
Cl, S, P, B* inv

Position & Identifiers

RA 17h 32m 18.0s
Dec -32° 36' 00.0"
Constellation Scorpius (Sco)
Catalog NGC 6374

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Easy Easy 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

Easy on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season May – Jul (peak: Jun)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 6374 · 6.9′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 6404
Medium+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 11.0 1.7° Scorpius
M6
Butterfly Cluster
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 4.2 1.7° Scorpius
NGC 6416
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 5.7 2.5° Scorpius
NGC 6396
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.5 2.7° Scorpius
NGC 6453
Easy
Globular cluster — dense ball of ancient stars
Globular Cluster mag 9.9 4.4° Scorpius
3 Sgr
Medium
Pulsating variable, period 7.0d
Variable Star mag 4.54 5.8° Sagittarius
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