About NGC 7055
NGC 7055 is a trash cluster. It sits in the constellation Cep.
NGC 7055 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 7055
RA 319.8755° · Dec 57.5456° · 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
- Cep
- dso type
- OCl
- name
- NGC 7055
How to see it
Look for NGC 7055 in the constellation Cep.
Like any astronomical target, NGC 7055 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 7055 is a trash cluster
NGC 7055 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.