RA 282.7750° · Dec -6.2700° · openngc
13 more points to reach Epic.
Amas de l'Ecu de Sobieski,Wild Duck Cluster is a rare cluster. It sits in the constellation Sct and shines at apparent magnitude 5.8.
Notable enough to have earned a proper name, not just a catalogue number.
Look for Amas de l'Ecu de Sobieski,Wild Duck Cluster in the constellation Sct. At apparent magnitude 5.8, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Amas de l'Ecu de Sobieski,Wild Duck Cluster 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.
Amas de l'Ecu de Sobieski,Wild Duck Cluster scores 33 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 13 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star cluster, Messier object, Bright deep-sky object 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.