RA 226.0176° · Dec -25.2820° · star
28 more points to reach Anomaly.
Brachium is an epic variable star. It lies about 288.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Lib, shines at apparent magnitude 3.25 and has spectral type M3/M4III.
Its spectrum reads M3/M4III — an M-type red star — and M stars are the silent majority: roughly three of every four stars in the galaxy are one.
Look for Brachium in the constellation Lib. At apparent magnitude 3.25, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Brachium 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.
Brachium scores 50 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 28 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 9 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, Has a proper name, On the zodiac, Cool red M-type star, Giant star, Deep red star and Gently variable — 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.