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NGC 6425 — Open Cluster in Scorpius

Open Cluster Good (51/100)
Magnitude 7.2m OpenCluster Scorpius (Sco) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 7.2
Angular Size 4.8′
Cl, pS, lRi, lC, st 10...12

Position & Identifiers

RA 17h 47m 01.7s
Dec -31° 31' 45.8"
Constellation Scorpius (Sco)
Catalog NGC 6425

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 May – Jul (peak: Jun)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 6425 · 4.8′ 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 6416
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 5.7 1.0° Scorpius
NGC 6451
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.0 1.5° Scorpius
M6
NGC 6405
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 4.2 1.6° Scorpius
NGC 6404
Medium+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 11.0 2.3° Scorpius
NGC 6453
Easy
Globular cluster — dense ball of ancient stars
Globular Cluster mag 9.9 3.2° Scorpius
3 Sgr
Medium
Pulsating variable, period 7.0d
Variable Star mag 4.54 3.7° Sagittarius
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