RA 124.7707° · Dec 70.7200° · openngc
4 more points to reach Rare.
UGC 4305 is an uncommon galaxy. It sits in the constellation UMa and shines at apparent magnitude 10.75.
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 UGC 4305 in the constellation UMa. At apparent magnitude 10.75, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, UGC 4305 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.
UGC 4305 scores 30 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Galaxy, Irregular galaxy (no shape at all) and Never sets (northern circumpolar) — 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.