NGC 7063 -- Open Cluster in Cygnus
NGC 7063 is unremarkable through smaller telescopes. However, at magnitude 7
one expects more. It is only eight of the clusters brighter stars that ups the
magnitude reading. In my 110mm refractor I can count another half-dozen or so
dimmer stars belonging to the cluster but nowhere near the total of the 66+ stars
that are true members of NGC 7063 (according to the literature). Even more
surprising is that I do not get the faint haze of unresolved stars below the resolution
of my telescope that I often get with other star clusters that have dim members. It is
a cluster that looks more impressive in the star atlases than through the eyepiece.
one expects more. It is only eight of the clusters brighter stars that ups the
magnitude reading. In my 110mm refractor I can count another half-dozen or so
dimmer stars belonging to the cluster but nowhere near the total of the 66+ stars
that are true members of NGC 7063 (according to the literature). Even more
surprising is that I do not get the faint haze of unresolved stars below the resolution
of my telescope that I often get with other star clusters that have dim members. It is
a cluster that looks more impressive in the star atlases than through the eyepiece.