About NGC 5694 (C66)

NGC 5694 is a rewarding deep-sky target and is visible as a compact luminous region. It is quite faint.

Current visibility

Right now it is at about 16° altitude and reaches 63° around 11:04 PM.

It stays above 30° for roughly 7 hours.

Observing conditions matter, structure becomes clearer under good conditions.

Observing tips

It requires patience and good conditions.

What to expect

With larger apertures, more structure becomes visible.

It is more subtle than brighter Dso objects.

Type

Globular Cluster

Constellation

Hydra

Distance

113000 ly

Size

Season

Spring

Difficulty

Very Hard

Magnitude

10.2