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NGC 6572 — Planetary Nebula in Ophiuchus

Planetary Nebula Good (47/100)
Magnitude 9.0m PlanetaryNebula Ophiuchus (Oph) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 9.0
Angular Size 0.2′
PN , vB, vS, R, l hazy

Position & Identifiers

RA 18h 12m 06.0s
Dec +06° 50' 60.0"
Constellation Ophiuchus (Oph)
Catalog NGC 6572

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Medium Medium Medium
150mm Newt. Medium+ Medium+ Medium+
C8 203mm Medium+ Medium+ Medium+
Easy Medium Hard Very hard Impossible

Bortle 3 = rural · 4 = outer suburbs · 5 = suburbs

With O-III filter

Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Easy Easy Medium+
150mm Newt. Easy Easy Easy
C8 203mm Easy Easy Easy
Stretch on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season May – Jul (peak: Jun)

4 Filter Response Guide

5 Eyepiece View

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
N E

NGC 6572 · 0.2′ · N up, E left

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7 Central Star

8 Surface Brightness

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.

Tweedledee Cluster
NGC 6633
Easy
Rich open cluster
Open Cluster mag 4.6 3.8° Ophiuchus
X Oph
Easy
Mira-type variable, range 5.9–9.2
Variable Star mag 6.40 6.8° Ophiuchus
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