About NGC 2318
NGC 2318 is a trash cluster. It sits in the constellation CMa.
NGC 2318 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
NGC 2318
RA 104.8626° · Dec -13.6984° · 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
- CMa
- dso type
- OCl
- name
- NGC 2318
How to see it
Look for NGC 2318 in the constellation CMa.
Like any astronomical target, NGC 2318 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 NGC 2318 is a trash cluster
NGC 2318 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.