RA 203.1652° · Dec 25.4402° · openngc
2 more points to reach Uncommon.
IC 4287 NED02 is a common galaxy. It lies about 1.32×10^9 light-years from Earth and sits in the constellation Com.
A galaxy: a gravitationally bound city of stars, gas and dark matter, turning so slowly that a single rotation takes hundreds of millions of years.
Look for IC 4287 NED02 in the constellation Com.
Like any astronomical target, IC 4287 NED02 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.
IC 4287 NED02 scores 20 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 2 science badges — Galaxy and Outside our galaxy entirely — 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.