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Trash cluster 7 EP

IC 2140

RA 83.3413° · Dec -75.3754° · openngc

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Score breakdown

· 1 badge
7 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Star cluster +7
Total score 7

8 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star cluster · +7

Properties

constellation
Men
dso type
GCl
mag
13.48
name
IC 2140

About IC 2140

IC 2140 is a trash cluster. It sits in the constellation Men and shines at apparent magnitude 13.48.

IC 2140 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.

How to see it

Look for IC 2140 in the constellation Men. At apparent magnitude 13.48, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.

Like any astronomical target, IC 2140 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 2140 is a trash cluster

IC 2140 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.

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Sky imagery and survey data courtesy of Aladin Lite & CDS, Strasbourg. Object data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, JPL Small-Body Database, and the ATNF Pulsar Catalogue.