NGC : NGC5138

Celestial motion
Date: 2024-05-18
Astronomical night: 22:36 - 04:21 (GMT -5)
NGC5138 Celestial motion
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NGC5138 Celestial motion
Information about NGC5138

General information

NGC5138 is the open cluster at magnitude 8 that is placed in Centaurus constellation and has apparent size of 8 angular minutes.
Because of low brightness and large angular size, cluster is available for observations through a 5-inch telescope.

Information for observations

Tonight, 2024-05-18, cluster NGC5138 is not reachable.
 

NGC5138 on the sky map

NGC5138 on the sky map
Object type

Open Cluster

Alternative names

Constellation

Centaurus

Magnitude

8

Apparent size8'
Right ascension13h 27m 16s
Declination-59° 2′ 0″

Catalogues

Messier

New General Catalogue (NGC)

NGC5138

International Catalogue (IC)

Nearest objects with greater magnitude
Object typeMagnitude
NGC5281Open Cluster5.9
NGC5316Open Cluster6