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NGC 7031 — Open Cluster in Cygnus

Open Cluster Good (45/100)
Magnitude 9.1m OpenCluster Cygnus (Cyg) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 9.1
Angular Size 3.9′
Cl of triple st, lC

Position & Identifiers

RA 21h 07m 12.6s
Dec +50° 52' 32.2"
Constellation Cygnus (Cyg)
Catalog NGC 7031

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

Medium on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season Jul – Sep (peak: Aug)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 7031 · 3.9′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

IC 1369
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.8 3.2° Cygnus
NGC 7086
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.4 3.7° Cygnus
NGC 7067
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.7 4.0° Cygnus
M39
Pyramid Cluster
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 4.6 4.7° Cygnus
North America Nebula
NGC 7000
Medium+
Emission nebula — try an OIII filter
Emission Nebula mag 5.0 6.7° Cygnus
W Cyg
Easy
Semi-regular variable, range 5.1–6.8
Variable Star mag 5.53 7.3° Cygnus
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