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NGC 6883 — Open Cluster in Cygnus

Open Cluster Good (59/100)
Magnitude 8.0m OpenCluster Cygnus (Cyg) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 8.0
Angular Size 4.5′
Cl, pRi, ** inv

Position & Identifiers

RA 20h 11m 19.8s
Dec +35° 49' 55.9"
Constellation Cygnus (Cyg)
Catalog NGC 6883

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 6883 · 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.

NGC 6871
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 5.2 1.1° Cygnus
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Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.3 2.0° Cygnus
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NGC 6888
Medium
Emission nebula — try an OIII filter
Emission Nebula mag 10.0 2.5° Cygnus
RS Cyg
Easy
Mira-type variable, range 6.5–9.5
Variable Star mag 6.50 2.9° Cygnus
M29
NGC 6913
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.6 3.7° Cygnus
Collinder 419
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 5.4 5.1° Cygnus
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