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NGC 6743 — Open Cluster in Lyra

Open Cluster Fair (34/100)
Magnitude 8.2m OpenCluster Lyra (Lyr) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 8.20
Angular Size 6.9′
Cl, pL, P, st 11...12

Position & Identifiers

RA 19h 01m 20.7s
Dec +29° 16' 39.0"
Constellation Lyra (Lyr)
Catalog NGC 6743

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 Jun – Aug (peak: Jul)

4 Eyepiece View

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 6743 · 6.9′ 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 6710
Hard+
Bright spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.8 3.4° Lyra
M56
NGC 6779
Easy
Globular cluster — dense ball of ancient stars
Globular Cluster mag 8.3 3.4° Lyra
NGC 6791
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.5 9.4° Lyra
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