RA 29.3951° · Dec 37.8334° · openngc
16 more points to reach Epic.
NGC 752 is a rare cluster. It lies about 1,462.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation And and shines at apparent magnitude 5.7.
An open cluster: a few hundred stars born together out of one collapsing cloud, still drifting along in loose formation.
Look for NGC 752 in the constellation And. At apparent magnitude 5.7, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, NGC 752 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.
NGC 752 scores 34 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 16 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star cluster, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Bright deep-sky object, Open cluster and Bigger on the sky than the full Moon — 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.