RA 161.2855° · Dec -59.8667° · openngc
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16 more points to reach Anomaly.
Carina Nebula is an epic nebula. It sits in the constellation Car and shines at apparent magnitude 3.
An H II region: a cloud of hydrogen being ionised by the ultraviolet flood from hot young stars inside it. Every one is a star factory caught mid-production.
Look for Carina Nebula in the constellation Car. At apparent magnitude 3, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Carina 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.
Carina Nebula scores 62 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 16 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Nebula, Bright deep-sky object, Has a proper name, Star-forming region, Bigger on the sky than the full Moon and Bright enough for the unaided eye — 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.