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NGC 7063 — Open Cluster in Cygnus

Open Cluster Good (51/100)
Magnitude 7.0m OpenCluster Cygnus (Cyg) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 7.0
Angular Size 6.3′
Cl, P, st 10...

Position & Identifiers

RA 21h 24m 21.7s
Dec +36° 29' 15.0"
Constellation Cygnus (Cyg)
Catalog NGC 7063

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 Jul – Sep (peak: Aug)

4 Eyepiece View

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 7063 · 6.3′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

IC 1392
Hard+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 13.0 2.5° Cygnus
V460 Cyg
Easy
Semi-regular variable, range 5.6–7.0
Variable Star mag 6.07 3.7° Cygnus
NGC 7044
Medium+
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 11.0 6.4° Cygnus
Collinder 428
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.7 9.0° Cygnus
NGC 7039
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.6 9.5° Cygnus
NGC 6997
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.0 9.7° Cygnus
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