RA 227.4024° · Dec -68.7214° · star
8 more points to reach Rare.
HD 133638 is an uncommon variable star. It lies about 591.9 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation TrA, shines at apparent magnitude 6.84 and has spectral type B9IV.
Its spectrum reads B9IV — 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 133638 in the constellation TrA. At apparent magnitude 6.84, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 133638 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 133638 scores 26 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 8 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Variable star, Hot blue B-type star, Subgiant (leaving the main sequence), Blue-white star, Barely variable (under 0.05 mag) and A named variable 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.