NGC : NGC5168

Celestial motion
Date: 2024-05-05
Astronomical night: 22:17 - 04:40 (GMT -5)
NGC5168 Celestial motion
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NGC5168 Celestial motion
Information about NGC5168

General information

Open Cluster NGC5168 has the magnitude of 9 and is placed in Centaurus constellation. The cluster's apparent sizes are 4 angular minutes.
Because of low brightness and large angular size, cluster is available for observations through a 5-inch telescope.

Information for observations

2024-05-05 cluster NGC5168 is not reachable.
 

NGC5168 on the sky map

NGC5168 on the sky map
Object type

Open Cluster

Alternative names

Constellation

Centaurus

Magnitude

9

Apparent size4'
Right ascension13h 31m 4.8s
Declination-60° 56′ 24″

Catalogues

Messier

New General Catalogue (NGC)

NGC5168

International Catalogue (IC)

Nearest objects with greater magnitude
Object typeMagnitude
NGC4852Open Cluster8.9
NGC5138Open Cluster7.6
NGC5281Open Cluster5.9
NGC5316Open Cluster6