RA 261.1815° · Dec -34.2013° · openngc
4 more points to reach Epic.
the War and Peace Nebula is a rare cluster. It lies about 5,752.3 light-years from Earth and sits in the constellation Sco.
A star cluster still wrapped in the nebula that made it — newborn stars lighting up their own birth cloud.
Look for the War and Peace Nebula in the constellation Sco.
Like any astronomical target, the War and Peace 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.
the War and Peace Nebula scores 46 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Star cluster, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Has a proper name, Cluster still wrapped in its gas, On the zodiac 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.