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Common star 16 EP

HD 133295

RA 226.1378° · Dec -28.3002° · star

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
16 pts · Common
Common 22 pts → Uncommon
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Star +3
  • On the zodiac +3
  • Main-sequence star +2
Total score 16

6 more points to reach Uncommon.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • On the zodiac · +3
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8
  • Main-sequence star · +2

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G0/G1V — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 7.2 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Libra.
  • Southern sky. It rides the southern half of the sky — an easier target the further south you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around May — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 2 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 173.7 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
4.516
bv
0.573
constellation
Lib
dist ly
111.2401
luminosity
1.3602
mag
7.18
name
HD 133295
spect
G0/G1V

About HD 133295

HD 133295 is a common star. It lies about 111.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Lib, shines at apparent magnitude 7.18 and has spectral type G0/G1V.

Its spectrum reads G0/G1V — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for HD 133295 in the constellation Lib. At apparent magnitude 7.18, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 133295 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.

Why HD 133295 is a common star

HD 133295 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, On the zodiac, Sun-like G-type star and Main-sequence 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.