About Needle Galaxy
Needle Galaxy is an uncommon galaxy. It sits in the constellation Com and shines at apparent magnitude 10.86.
Home to hundreds of billions of stars — a universe unto itself.
Uncommon galaxy 28 EP
Needle Galaxy
RA 189.0866° · Dec 25.9877° · 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
- Com
- dso type
- G
- hubble
- Sb
- mag
- 10.86
- name
- Needle Galaxy
- named
- yes
How to see it
Look for Needle Galaxy in the constellation Com. At apparent magnitude 10.86, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, Needle Galaxy 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 Needle Galaxy is an uncommon galaxy
Needle Galaxy 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.