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NGC 7295 — Open Cluster in Lacerta

Open Cluster Fair (31/100)
Magnitude 9.7m OpenCluster Lacerta (Lac) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 9.70
Angular Size 2.7′
Cl, P, lC, st 12...13

Position & Identifiers

RA 22h 28m 24.0s
Dec +52° 49' 60.0"
Constellation Lacerta (Lac)
Catalog NGC 7295

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)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 7295 · 2.7′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 7296
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.0 0.5° Lacerta
IC 1442
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.1 2.2° Lacerta
NGC 7245
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.2 2.5° Lacerta
IC 1434
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.0 2.7° Lacerta
Delta Cep
Medium+
Pulsating variable, period 5.4d
Variable Star mag 3.75 5.6° Cepheus
Cocoon Nebula
IC 5146
Medium+
Emission nebula — try an OIII filter
Emission Nebula mag 10.0 7.9° Cygnus
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