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NGC 7296 — Open Cluster in Lacerta

Open Cluster Fair (37/100)
Magnitude 10.0m OpenCluster Lacerta (Lac) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 10.0
Angular Size 4 arcmin
Cl, iR, lC, st vS

Position & Identifiers

RA 22h 28m 02.8s
Dec +52° 17' 20.8"
Constellation Lacerta (Lac)
Catalog NGC 7296

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Medium+ 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 7296 · 4.0′ diameter

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 7295
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.70 0.5° Lacerta
IC 1442
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.1 2.5° Lacerta
IC 1434
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.0 2.7° Lacerta
NGC 7245
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.2 2.8° Lacerta
Delta Cep
Medium+
Pulsating variable, period 5.4d
Variable Star mag 3.75 6.1° Cepheus
Cocoon Nebula
IC 5146
Medium+
Emission nebula — try an OIII filter
Emission Nebula mag 10.0 7.5° Cygnus
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