Open cluster
NGC 5460 (NGC5460)
In Centaurus (Cen) • Magnitude 5.6 • 13 arcminutes
Open the free AstroPlanner with NGC 5460 pre-selected, scored against your telescope, location, and the live cloud forecast.
Open cluster in Centaurus.
NGC 5460 at a glance
| Catalog IDs | N 5460 |
| Type | Open cluster |
| Constellation | Centaurus (Cen) |
| Right ascension | 14h 07m 28s |
| Declination | -48° 20' 33" |
| Apparent magnitude | 5.60 |
| Angular size | 13.2 × 13.2 arcmin |
| Max altitude at 45°N | Below horizon |
| Best imaging months | Apr, May |
How to image NGC 5460
NGC 5460 sits in the constellation Centaurus at right ascension 14h 07m 28s and declination -48° 20' 33". To frame and integrate it well, AstroPlanner will compute the optimal moonless window for tonight from your location, the field-of-view fit against your sensor and focal length, the suggested total integration time given your aperture and sky Bortle class, and a cloud-aware schedule that drops it from the plan if your nearest cloud forecast spike overlaps the best altitude window.