RA 50.6845° · Dec -37.1037° · openngc
12 more points to reach Epic.
Fornax B is a rare galaxy. It lies about 89,928,843.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation For and shines at apparent magnitude 10.88.
A barred spiral — a straight bar of stars driving right through the nucleus, feeding gas inwards. Our own Milky Way is one of these.
Look for Fornax B in the constellation For. At apparent magnitude 10.88, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, Fornax B 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.
Fornax B scores 38 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 12 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Galaxy, Outside our galaxy entirely, Has a proper name and Barred spiral galaxy — 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.