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NGC 6568 — Open Cluster in Sagittarius

Open Cluster Good (50/100)
Magnitude 9.0m OpenCluster Sagittarius (Sgr) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 9.0
Angular Size 7.8′
Cl, vL, lC

Position & Identifiers

RA 18h 12m 44.3s
Dec -21° 37' 40.8"
Constellation Sagittarius (Sgr)
Catalog NGC 6568

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 6568 · 7.8′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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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 6583
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.0 0.9° Sagittarius
NGC 6595
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.0 2.0° Sagittarius
M21
Webb's Cross Cluster
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.5 2.1° Sagittarius
NGC 6546
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.0 2.1° Sagittarius
NGC 6589
Medium
Diffuse nebula
Diffuse Nebula mag 10.50 2.1° Sagittarius
M20
Trifid Nebula
Easy
Emission nebula — try an OIII filter
Emission Nebula mag 6.3 2.8° Sagittarius
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