RA 79.1228° · Dec 34.3562° · openngc
16 more points to reach Epic.
Flaming Star Nebula is a rare nebula. It sits in the constellation Aur and shines at apparent magnitude 10.
A nebula: a cloud of interstellar gas and dust, thinner than the best vacuum ever made in a laboratory yet spanning light-years.
Look for Flaming Star Nebula in the constellation Aur. At apparent magnitude 10, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, Flaming Star Nebula 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.
Flaming Star Nebula scores 34 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 16 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Nebula, Has a proper name, Diffuse nebula and Bigger on the sky than the full Moon — 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.