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Trash cluster 7 EP

NGC 5694

RA 219.9021° · Dec -26.5383° · 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
Hya
dso type
GCl
mag
10.89
name
NGC 5694

About NGC 5694

NGC 5694 is a trash cluster. It sits in the constellation Hya and shines at apparent magnitude 10.89.

NGC 5694 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 NGC 5694 in the constellation Hya. At apparent magnitude 10.89, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, NGC 5694 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 5694 is a trash cluster

NGC 5694 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.