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NGC 7226 — Open Cluster in Cepheus

Open Cluster Fair (39/100)
Magnitude 9.6m OpenCluster Cepheus (Cep) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 9.6
Angular Size 3.0′
pB, L, in cluster

Position & Identifiers

RA 22h 10m 26.9s
Dec +55° 23' 55.0"
Constellation Cepheus (Cep)
Catalog NGC 7226

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Easy Medium+ 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)

4 Eyepiece View

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 7226 · 3.0′ diameter

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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 7245
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.2 1.3° Lacerta
NGC 7234
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.70 1.6° Cepheus
IC 1442
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.1 1.6° Lacerta
NGC 7235
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.7 1.9° Cepheus
Delta Cep
Medium+
Pulsating variable, period 5.4d
Variable Star mag 3.75 4.0° Cepheus
Cocoon Nebula
IC 5146
Medium+
Emission nebula — try an OIII filter
Emission Nebula mag 10.0 8.6° Cygnus
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