RA 220.2558° · Dec -36.1349° · star
1 more point to reach Uncommon.
HR 5466 is a common star. It lies about 618.9 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cen, shines at apparent magnitude 5.67 and has spectral type Ap Si.
Its spectrum reads Ap Si — an A-type star: white-hot, typically about twice the Sun's mass, and the class most of the sky's famous bright stars belong to.
Look for HR 5466 in the constellation Cen. At apparent magnitude 5.67, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 5466 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.
HR 5466 scores 21 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, White A-type star and Blue-white star — 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.