RA 221.2206° · Dec -78.3107° · star
6 more points to reach Uncommon.
HD 128657 is a common star. It sits in the constellation Aps, shines at apparent magnitude 10 and has spectral type B8V.
Its spectrum reads B8V — a blue-white B-type star, with a surface tens of thousands of degrees hot and a life measured in tens of millions of years.
Look for HD 128657 in the constellation Aps. At apparent magnitude 10, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HD 128657 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.
HD 128657 scores 16 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 6 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Hot blue B-type star, Main-sequence 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.