RA 167.1122° · Dec -10.2588° · openngc
2 more points to reach Uncommon.
NGC 3537 NED02 is a common galaxy. It lies about 342,226,881.3 light-years from Earth and sits in the constellation Crt.
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 3537 NED02 in the constellation Crt.
Like any astronomical target, NGC 3537 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.
NGC 3537 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.