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NGC 7762 — Open Cluster in Cepheus

Open Cluster Good (45/100)
Magnitude 10.0m OpenCluster Cepheus (Cep) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 10.0
Angular Size 6.5′
Cl, pRi, pC, st 11...15

Position & Identifiers

RA 23h 50m 01.8s
Dec +68° 02' 16.8"
Constellation Cepheus (Cep)
Catalog NGC 7762

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

Easy on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season Aug – Oct (peak: Sep)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 7762 · 6.5′ 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.

34 Cep
Easy
Easy double, sep 3.5″
Double Star mag 4.75 2.9° Cepheus
NGC 133
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.0 6.3° Cassiopeia
NGC 146
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.1 6.5° Cassiopeia
NGC 7788
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 9.0 6.7° Cassiopeia
NGC 7790
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 8.5 6.9° Cassiopeia
Bubble nebula
NGC 7635
Hard+
Emission nebula — try an OIII filter
Emission Nebula mag 11.00 7.5° Cassiopeia
21 Cas
Hard+
Eclipsing binary, period 4.5d
Variable Star mag 5.66 8.2° Cassiopeia
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