RA 15.0390° · Dec -33.7090° · openngc
3 more points to reach Rare.
Sculptor Dwarf Elliptical is an uncommon galaxy. It sits in the constellation Scl and shines at apparent magnitude 8.6.
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 Sculptor Dwarf Elliptical in the constellation Scl. At apparent magnitude 8.6, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, Sculptor Dwarf Elliptical 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.
Sculptor Dwarf Elliptical scores 31 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Galaxy, Has a proper name, Elliptical galaxy and Big on the sky — 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.