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NGC 6716 — Open Cluster in Sagittarius

Open Cluster Good (54/100)
Magnitude 6.9m OpenCluster Sagittarius (Sgr) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 6.9
Angular Size 7.2′
Cl, pRi, st 9...13

Position & Identifiers

RA 18h 54m 34.4s
Dec -19° 54' 04.0"
Constellation Sagittarius (Sgr)
Catalog NGC 6716

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 6716 · 7.2′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

Collinder 394
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.3 0.6° Sagittarius
NGC 6717
Medium+
Compact globular cluster
Globular Cluster mag 10.35 2.8° Sagittarius
V3879 Sgr
Medium
Semi-regular variable, range 6.0–6.6
Variable Star mag 6.35 2.8° Sagittarius
M25
IC 4725
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 4.6 5.4° Sagittarius
NGC 6645
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.0 6.0° Sagittarius
NGC 6647
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.0 6.0° Sagittarius
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