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NGC 7261 — Open Cluster in Cepheus

Open Cluster Good (48/100)
Magnitude 8.4m OpenCluster Cepheus (Cep) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 8.4
Angular Size 6.9′
Cl, L, pRi, lC

Position & Identifiers

RA 22h 20m 06.4s
Dec +58° 03' 06.5"
Constellation Cepheus (Cep)
Catalog NGC 7261

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 7261 · 6.9′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

Nearby in the Sky

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

Delta Cep
Medium+
Pulsating variable, period 5.4d
Variable Star mag 3.75 1.2° Cepheus
NGC 7235
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.7 1.3° Cepheus
NGC 7234
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 7.70 1.5° Cepheus
NGC 7226
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.6 3.0° Cepheus
NGC 7245
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.2 3.8° Lacerta
IC 1470
Hard+
Emission nebula — try an OIII filter
Emission Nebula mag 11.50 6.2° Cepheus
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