RA 68.2045° · Dec 71.8831° · openngc
1 more point to reach Rare.
NGC 1560 is an uncommon galaxy. It sits in the constellation Cam and shines at apparent magnitude 11.5.
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 NGC 1560 in the constellation Cam. At apparent magnitude 11.5, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, NGC 1560 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.
NGC 1560 scores 33 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Galaxy, Spiral galaxy, Never sets (northern circumpolar) and Coming towards us — 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.