Krillion prompt · November 12, 2026
Name something you can see in the sky (no living or manmade things)
Krillion accepted 1,739 answers for this prompt in Dive #120. They’re all below, starting at the trench floor with the gem and rising to the Plankton everyone thinks of first.
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Notes on this prompt
- With 1,739 accepted answers, this prompt is about 2.3 times wider than a typical Krillion prompt (about 767).
- 1,496 answers (86%) are Deep Cuts and 213 are Rare, while 5 sit at Plankton.
Quick picks
The shortest Rare or deeper answers, easy to type before the timer runs out.
Leo +60 Crux +60 Hail +60
Also accepted elsewhere
The same answer counted for a different prompt in the archive.
Every accepted answer
One in a Krillion
The gem picked for each prompt. Trench floor.
- STEVE
Named after a hedge called Steve in Over the Hedge.
Deep Cut
Real obscurity. This is where the list gets long.
- 120° parhelion
- 18° halo
- 20° halo
- 23° halo
- 24° halo
- 35° halo
- 46° halo
- 47 Tucanae
- 9° halo
- A-type main-sequence star
- Acamar
- Achernar
- Achird
- Acrab
- Acrux
- Actinoform cloud
- Acubens
- Adhafera
- Adhara
- Adhil
- Advection fog
- Aerostaticus
- AG Pegasi
- AG Pegasi Nova of 1850
- Ain
- Ainalrami
- Airglow
- Aladfar
- Alawaidh
- Alaybasan
- Albaldah
- Albali
- Albireo
- Alchiba
- Alcor
- Alcyone
- Alderamin
- Aldhanab
- Aldhibah
- Áldu
- Aldulfin
- Alexander's band
- Alfarasalkamil
- Alfirk
- Algedi
- Algenib
- Algieba
- Algol
- Algol variable
- Algorab
- Alhena
- Alioth
- Aljanah
- Alkaid
- Alkalurops
- Alkaphrah
- Alkarab
- Alkes
- Almaaz
- Almach
- Almighzal
- Alnaamaat
- Alnair
- Alnasl
- Alnilam
- Alnitak
- Alniyat
- Alpenglow
- Alpha Capricornids
- Alpha Centaurids
- Alpha Cygni variable
- Alpha Monocerotids
- Alpha Persei Cluster
- Alphard
- Alphecca
- Alpheratz
- Alpherg
- Alqiladah
- Alqubba
- Alrakis
- Alrescha
- Alruba
- Alrumh
- Alsafi
- Alsamaka
- Alsciaukat
- Alsephina
- Alshain
- Alshat
- Altais
- Alterf
- Altocumulus altostratomutatus
- Altocumulus asperitas
- Altocumulus castellanus
- Altocumulus cavum
- Altocumulus cirrocumulomutatus
- Altocumulus cumulogenitus
- Altocumulus cumulonimbogenitus
- Altocumulus duplicatus
- Altocumulus floccus
- Altocumulus fluctus
- Altocumulus lacunosus
- Altocumulus lenticularis
- Altocumulus mamma
- Altocumulus nimbostratomutatus
- Altocumulus opacus
- Altocumulus perlucidus
- Altocumulus radiatus
- Altocumulus stratiformis
- Altocumulus stratocumulomutatus
- Altocumulus translucidus
- Altocumulus undulatus
- Altocumulus virga
- Altocumulus volutus
- Altostratus altocumulogenitus
- Altostratus cirrostratomutatus
- Altostratus cumulonimbogenitus
- Altostratus duplicatus
- Altostratus mamma
- Altostratus nimbostratomutatus
- Altostratus opacus
- Altostratus pannus
- Altostratus praecipitatio
- Altostratus radiatus
- Altostratus translucidus
- Altostratus undulatus
- Altostratus virga
- Aludra
- Alula Australis
- Alula Borealis
- Alwasl
- Alya
- Alzirr
- Am star
- Ancha
- Andromeda (constellation)
- Andromedids
- Angetenar
- Ankaa
- Anser
- Antares Moving Cluster
- Anthelion
- Anticrepuscular rays
- Anticyclonic tornado
- Antinous
- Antlia
- Anunitu
- Anvil crawler
- Ap star
- Apamvatsa
- Apdu
- Apollo asteroid
- Apus
- Aquila
- Aquila Rift
- Ara
- Arcus cloud
- Arend-Roland
- Argo Navis
- Arin-majlep
- Arkab Posterior
- Arkab Prior
- Arneb
- Ascella
- Asellus Australis
- Asellus Borealis
- Ashlesha
- Asperitas
- Aspidiske
- Asses and the Manger
- Asterope
- Astronomical twilight
- Asuusiha
- Asymptotic giant branch star
- Athebyne
- Atik
- Atlas
- ATLAS (2024 G3)
- Atoq (dark constellation)
- Atria
- August delta-Capricornids
- Auriga
- Aurigids
- Aurwandilsta
- Austin (1989)
- Avior
- Azelfafage
- Azha
- Azmidi
- Azure Dragon (Chinese sky figure)
- B-type main-sequence star
- Bade
- Bagu
- Baijiu
- Baily's beads
- Bake-eo
- Baltesha
- Banner cloud
- Barium star
- Barnard 111
- Barred spiral galaxy
- Baten Kaitos
- Bawy
- Be star
- Bead lightning
- Beaver Moon
- Beaver tail cloud
- Beehive Cluster
- Beemim
- Beid
- Beljawsky
- Belt of Venus
- Beta Cephei variable
- Beta-Coronae Australids
- Beta-Hydrusids
- Bharani
- Bibing
- Bie
- Biela
- Biham
- Bipolar nebula
- Bishop's ring
- Blanco 1
- Blaze Star
- Blood rain
- Blue flash
- Blue hypergiant
- Blue jet
- Blue starter
- Blue straggler
- Bodu
- Bok globule
- Boötes
- Botein
- Bottlinger's ring
- Bowl of the Big Dipper
- Bp star
- Brachium
- Bradfield (1974)
- Bradfield (2004)
- Bright giant
- Broad-lined Type Ic supernova
- Brocken spectre
- Brooks (1911)
- Buck Moon
- Bunda
- Buranun
- Butterfly Cluster
- Butterfly of Hercules
- Caelum
- Caesar's Comet
- Calcium-rich supernova
- Camelopardalis
- Canes Venatici
- Canis Major
- Canis Minor
- Canopus
- Capella
- Caph
- Carbon star
- Carina
- Carina Nebula
- Carrot sprite
- Cassiopeia Dark Nebula
- Castellanus cloud
- Castor
- Castula
- Cat's Eyes (asterism)
- Cataractagenitus cloud
- Catatumbo lightning
- Cebalrai
- Celaeno
- Centaurus
- Cepheid variable
- Cepheus
- Cervantes
- Cetus
- Cexing
- Chalawan
- Chamaeleon
- Chamukuy
- Chara
- Chechia
- Chemically peculiar star
- Chertan
- Chi Orionids
- Chinook arch
- Christmas Tree Cluster
- Chugao
- Circinus
- Circlet of Pisces
- Circumscribed halo
- Circumzenithal arc
- Cirrocumulus altocumulomutatus
- Cirrocumulus castellanus
- Cirrocumulus cavum
- Cirrocumulus cirromutatus
- Cirrocumulus cirrostratomutatus
- Cirrocumulus floccus
- Cirrocumulus lacunosus
- Cirrocumulus lenticularis
- Cirrocumulus mamma
- Cirrocumulus stratiformis
- Cirrocumulus undulatus
- Cirrocumulus virga
- Cirrostratus altostratomutatus
- Cirrostratus cirrocumulogenitus
- Cirrostratus cirrocumulomutatus
- Cirrostratus cirromutatus
- Cirrostratus cumulonimbogenitus
- Cirrostratus duplicatus
- Cirrostratus fibratus
- Cirrostratus nebulosus
- Cirrostratus undulatus
- Cirrus altocumulogenitus
- Cirrus castellanus
- Cirrus cirrocumulogenitus
- Cirrus cirrostratomutatus
- Cirrus cumulonimbogenitus
- Cirrus duplicatus
- Cirrus fibratus
- Cirrus floccus
- Cirrus fluctus
- Cirrus intortus
- Cirrus mamma
- Cirrus radiatus
- Cirrus spissatus
- Cirrus spissatus cumulonimbogenitus
- Cirrus uncinus
- Cirrus vertebratus
- Citalá
- Classical nova
- Closed-cell cloud
- Cloud iridescence
- Coalsack Nebula
- Coathanger (asterism)
- Cold Moon
- Collar cloud
- Collinder 106
- Collinder 107
- Collinder 132
- Collinder 140
- Collinder 173
- Collinder 228
- Collinder 240
- Collinder 316
- Collinder 419
- Collinder 464
- Collinder 62
- Collinder 65
- Columba
- Coma Berenices
- Coma Star Cluster
- Comae Berenicids
- Comet Bennett
- Comet Coggia
- Comet Hind
- Comet Hyakutake
- Comet Ikeya-Seki
- Comet McNaught
- Comet Skjellerup-Maristany
- Comet West
- Conjunction
- Contact binary star
- Convectional rain
- Copernicus
- Cor Caroli
- Core-collapse supernova
- Corn Moon
- Corona
- Corona Australis
- Corona Borealis
- Corvid meteor shower
- Corvus
- CP Lacertae Nova of 1936
- CP Puppis Nova of 1942
- Crater
- Crown flash
- Cujam
- Cumulonimbus altocumulogenitus
- Cumulonimbus altostratogenitus
- Cumulonimbus arcus
- Cumulonimbus calvus
- Cumulonimbus capillatus
- Cumulonimbus cauda
- Cumulonimbus cumulogenitus
- Cumulonimbus cumulomutatus
- Cumulonimbus flumen
- Cumulonimbus incus
- Cumulonimbus mamma
- Cumulonimbus murus
- Cumulonimbus nimbostratogenitus
- Cumulonimbus pannus
- Cumulonimbus pileus
- Cumulonimbus praecipitatio
- Cumulonimbus stratocumulogenitus
- Cumulonimbus tuba
- Cumulonimbus velum
- Cumulonimbus virga
- Cumulus altocumulogenitus
- Cumulus arcus
- Cumulus cataractagenitus
- Cumulus congestus
- Cumulus congestus pileus
- Cumulus fluctus
- Cumulus fractus
- Cumulus humilis
- Cumulus mediocris
- Cumulus pannus
- Cumulus pileus
- Cumulus praecipitatio
- Cumulus radiatus
- Cumulus stratocumulogenitus
- Cumulus stratocumulomutatus
- Cumulus stratomutatus
- Cumulus tuba
- Cumulus velum
- Cumulus virga
- Cursa
- Custos
- Cygnus Rift
- Cygnus Star Cloud
- Dabih
- Dajiangjunbei
- Dalim
- Dark Horse Nebula
- Dark Warrior (Chinese sky figure)
- Darlugal
- Dayglow
- Daytime Arietids
- Daytime Sextantids
- de Kock-Paraskevopoulos
- Delphinus
- Delta Aurigids
- Delta Cancrids
- Delta Leonids
- Delta Lyrae Cluster
- Delta Scuti variable
- Delta-Pavonids
- Deltoton
- Deneb
- Deneb Algedi
- Denebola
- Dhanishta
- Dhanuśarāgra
- DI Lacertae Nova of 1910
- Diadem
- Diamond Cross
- Diamond dust
- Diamond ring effect
- Diffuse nebula
- Diphda
- DK Lacertae Nova of 1950
- DM Geminorum Nova of 1903
- DN Geminorum Nova of 1912
- Donati's Comet
- Dorado
- Double Cluster
- Double-lined spectroscopic binary
- DQ Herculis Nova of 1934
- Draconids
- Dry thunderstorm
- Dschubba
- Dubhe
- Duplicatus cloud
- Dwarf irregular galaxy
- Dwarf spheroidal galaxy
- Dziban
- Eagle Cluster
- Early-type star
- Earth's shadow
- Earthquake lights
- Earthshine
- Eclipse Comet of 1948
- Eclipsing binary
- Edasich
- Egyptian X
- EL Aquilae Nova of 1927
- Electra
- Electron-capture supernova
- Elgafar
- Elkurud
- Elliptical halo
- Elnath
- Eltanin
- ELVES
- Embedded cluster
- Emission nebula
- Emission-line star
- Emu in the Sky
- Encke
- Enduri Senggu
- Enif
- Epsilon Geminids
- Equuleus
- Eridanus
- Errai
- Eruption column
- Eta Aquariids
- Eta Carinae
Rare
Genuinely uncommon. A strong pick on any prompt.
- 22° halo
- Afterglow
- Aldebaran
- Alpha Centauri
- Altair
- Altocumulus
- Altostratus
- Andromeda Galaxy
- Annular solar eclipse
- Antares
- Anvil cloud
- Aquarius
- Arcturus
- Aries
- Asteroid
- Atmospheric reentry
- Ball lightning
- Bellatrix
- Betelgeuse
- Binary star
- Blizzard
- Blood Moon
- Blue giant
- Blue hour
- Blue Moon
- Blue supergiant
- Bolt from the blue
- Cancer
- Capricornus
- Cassiopeia
- Chelyabinsk meteor
- Cirrocumulus
- Cirrostratus
- Civil twilight
- Cloud-to-cloud lightning
- Cloud-to-ground lightning
- Cloudburst
- Comet Hale-Bopp
- Comet tail
- Crepuscular rays
- Crux
- Cygnus
- Dark nebula
- Daytime Moon
- Derecho
- Double star
- Draco
- Dry lightning
- Dust devil
- Dust storm
- Dwarf galaxy
- Eclipse
- Elliptical galaxy
- Ember
- Fire rainbow
- First-quarter Moon
- Fogbow
- Forked lightning
- Freezing fog
- Freezing rain
- Full-circle rainbow
- Funnel cloud
- Galaxy
- Gas giant
- Gemini
- Geminids
- Geyser plume
- Giant planet
- Giant star
- Gibbous Moon
- Globular cluster
- Great conjunction
- Hail
- Half Moon
- Halley's Comet
- Halo
- Harvest Moon
- Haze
- Heat lightning
- Hercules
- Hunter's Moon
- Hurricane
- Hurricane eye
- Hypergiant
- Ice fog
- Ice giant
- Inner planet
- Intracloud lightning
- Irregular galaxy
- Jupiter
- Lake-effect snow
- Landspout
- Lenticular cloud
- Leo
- Leonids
- Libra
- Little Dipper
- Lunar corona
- Lunar crater
- Lunar halo
- Lyrids
- Main-sequence star
- Mammatus
- Man in the Moon
- Mars
- Mercury
- Meteor shower
- Milky Way
- Monsoon
- Moonbow
- Moonrise
- Moonset
- Multiple-vortex tornado
- Mushroom cloud
- Near-Earth asteroid
- Near-Earth object
- Nebula
- Neutron star
- Nimbostratus
- Noctilucent cloud
- Nova
- Open cluster
- Orion Nebula
- Orionids
- Outer planet
- Partial lunar eclipse
- Partial solar eclipse
- Pegasus
- Perseids
- Perseus
- Pisces
- Planetary conjunction
- Planetary nebula
- Pleiades
- Positive lightning
- Primary rainbow
- Protostar
- Pulsar
- Quasar
- Radiation fog
- Red dwarf
- Red giant
- Red rainbow
- Red supergiant
- Regulus
- Rigel
- Ringed planet
- Roll cloud
- Rope tornado
- Sagittarius
- Sandstorm
- Saturn
- Scorpius
- Secondary rainbow
- Sheet lightning
- Shelf cloud
- Sleet
- Smoke
- Snow squall
- Solar halo
- Southern Lights
- Spiral galaxy
- Sprite
- Squall line
- Star cluster
- Steam
- Steam fog
- Stratocumulus
- Sun pillar
- Sun rays
- Sun shower
- Sunrise
- Sunset
- Sunspot
- Supercell
- Supergiant
- Supermoon
- Supernova
- Supernova remnant
- Taurus
- Terrestrial planet
- Third-quarter Moon
- Thundersnow
- Thunderstorm
- Tornado
- Total lunar eclipse
- Total solar eclipse
- Triple rainbow
- Tropical storm
- Tunguska fireball
- Twilight glow
- Uranus
- Ursa Major
- Ursa Minor
- Valley fog
- Variable star
- Vega
- Venus
- Virgo
- Volcanic ash
- Volcanic lightning
- Wall cloud
- Waning crescent
- Waning gibbous
- Waterspout
- Waxing crescent
- Waxing gibbous
- Wedge tornado
- White dwarf
- Wildfire ash
- Wildfire smoke
- Wolf Moon
- Yellow dwarf
Schooler
Solid, but you’re swimming with the crowd.
- Big Dipper
- Cirrus
- Comet
- Constellation
- Crescent Moon
- Cumulonimbus
- Cumulus
- Double rainbow
- Drizzle
- Fog
- Full Moon
- Lightning
- Lunar eclipse
- Northern Lights
- Orion
- Orion's Belt
- Planet
- Polaris
- Rain
- Shooting star
- Sirius
- Snow
- Solar eclipse
- Stratus
Plankton
The first thing everyone thinks of.
- Cloud
- Moon
- Rainbow
- Star
- Sun
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