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NGC 6834 — Open Cluster in Cygnus

Open Cluster Good (51/100)
Magnitude 7.8m OpenCluster Cygnus (Cyg) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 7.8
Angular Size 4.5′
Cl, P, lC, st 11...12

Position & Identifiers

RA 19h 52m 12.6s
Dec +29° 24' 29.5"
Constellation Cygnus (Cyg)
Catalog NGC 6834

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)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 6834 · 4.5′ diameter

5 Best Magnification

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6 Classification Decoder

Nearby in the Sky

Other targets within a few degrees — pan your scope a little and keep exploring.

Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

SU Cyg
Medium+
Pulsating variable, period 3.8d
Variable Star mag 6.82 1.6° Cygnus
NGC 6882
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.1 5.2° Vulpecula
NGC 6885
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.0 5.2° Vulpecula
NGC 6830
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.9 6.3° Vulpecula
NGC 6823
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.1 6.4° Vulpecula
M27
Dumbbell Nebula
Easy
Planetary nebula — try an OIII filter
Planetary Nebula mag 7.4 6.9° Vulpecula
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