About IC 1257
IC 1257 is a trash cluster. It sits in the constellation Oph.
IC 1257 is a trash cluster worth 7 points across 1 science badge. Explore its facts, badges and place on the sky map, then add it to your dex on Spacedle.
Trash cluster 7 EP
IC 1257
RA 261.7849° · Dec -7.0931° · openngc
Score breakdown
· 1 badgeTrash 15 pts → Common
- Star cluster +7
Total score 7
8 more points to reach Common.
Badges
- Star cluster · +7
Properties
- constellation
- Oph
- dso type
- GCl
- name
- IC 1257
How to see it
Look for IC 1257 in the constellation Oph.
Like any astronomical target, IC 1257 is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.
Why IC 1257 is a trash cluster
IC 1257 scores 7 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 8 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 1 science badge — Star cluster — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.