About Polarissima Borealis
Polarissima Borealis is an uncommon galaxy. It sits in the constellation UMi and shines at apparent magnitude 15.
Home to hundreds of billions of stars — a universe unto itself.
Uncommon galaxy 28 EP
Polarissima Borealis
RA 176.8083° · Dec 89.0931° · openngc
Score breakdown
· 2 badgesUncommon 33 pts → Rare
- Galaxy +20
- Has a proper name +8
Total score 28
5 more points to reach Rare.
Badges
- Galaxy · +20
- Has a proper name · +8
Trivia
How we found it
- Named. Notable enough to have earned a proper name, not just a catalogue number.
Cosmic context
- Scale. Home to hundreds of billions of stars — a universe unto itself.
Properties
- constellation
- UMi
- dso type
- G
- hubble
- S0
- mag
- 15
- name
- Polarissima Borealis
- named
- yes
How to see it
Look for Polarissima Borealis in the constellation UMi. At apparent magnitude 15, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.
Like any astronomical target, Polarissima Borealis 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.
Why Polarissima Borealis is an uncommon galaxy
Polarissima Borealis scores 28 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 5 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 2 science badges — Galaxy and Has a proper name — 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.