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Trash cluster 13 EP

NGC 6541

RA 272.0097° · Dec -43.7159° · openngc

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Score breakdown

· 2 badges
13 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Star cluster +7
  • Bright deep-sky object +6
Total score 13

2 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star cluster · +7
  • Bright deep-sky object · +6

Properties

constellation
CrA
dso type
GCl
mag
7.32
name
NGC 6541

About NGC 6541

NGC 6541 is a trash cluster. It sits in the constellation CrA and shines at apparent magnitude 7.32.

NGC 6541 is a trash cluster worth 13 points across 2 science badges. 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 6541 in the constellation CrA. At apparent magnitude 7.32, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, NGC 6541 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 6541 is a trash cluster

NGC 6541 scores 13 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 2 science badges — Star cluster and Bright deep-sky object — 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.