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NGC 7082 — Open Cluster in Cygnus

Open Cluster Excellent (62/100)
Magnitude 7.2m OpenCluster Cygnus (Cyg) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 7.2
Angular Size 9.0′
Cl, L, cRi, lC, st 10...13

Position & Identifiers

RA 21h 29m 17.7s
Dec +47° 07' 34.7"
Constellation Cygnus (Cyg)
Catalog NGC 7082

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)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 7082 · 9.0′ 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 7067
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.7 1.2° Cygnus
NGC 7062
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.3 1.2° Cygnus
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Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 4.6 1.4° Cygnus
W Cyg
Easy
Semi-regular variable, range 5.1–6.8
Variable Star mag 5.53 2.1° Cygnus
IC 1369
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 6.8 3.0° Cygnus
Cocoon Nebula
IC 5146
Medium+
Emission nebula — try an OIII filter
Emission Nebula mag 10.0 4.1° Cygnus
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