RA 222.6766° · Dec 74.1555° · star
10 more points to reach Epic.
Kochab is a rare star. It lies about 130.9 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation UMi, shines at apparent magnitude 2.07 and has spectral type K4IIIvar.
Its spectrum reads K4IIIvar — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.
Look for Kochab in the constellation UMi. At apparent magnitude 2.07, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Kochab 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.
Kochab scores 40 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 10 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Has a proper name, Never sets (northern circumpolar), Orange K-type star, Giant star and Deep red 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.