RA 222.3278° · Dec 46.1162° · star
7 more points to reach Rare.
Merga is an uncommon star. It lies about 159.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Boo, shines at apparent magnitude 5.76 and has spectral type F7IVw.
Its spectrum reads F7IVw — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for Merga in the constellation Boo. At apparent magnitude 5.76, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Merga 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.
Merga scores 27 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Has a proper name, Yellow-white F-type star and Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) — 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.