RA 73.9486° · Dec -74.2854° · openngc
8 more points to reach Common.
NGC 1777 is a trash cluster. It sits in the constellation Men and shines at apparent magnitude 12.8.
NGC 1777 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.
Look for NGC 1777 in the constellation Men. At apparent magnitude 12.8, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.
Like any astronomical target, NGC 1777 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 1777 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.