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Trash star 14 EP

HIP 74199

RA 227.4417° · Dec -4.7518° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
14 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Star +3
  • On the zodiac +3
Total score 14

1 more point to reach Common.

Badges

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

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G:... — 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 12 it is far too faint for the eye: this one belongs to cameras and long exposures, over in Libra.
  • Seen from everywhere. It sits almost on the celestial equator, so it can be seen from essentially anywhere on Earth.
  • 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. ≈ 6.4 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 568.4 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
6.772
bv
0.66
constellation
Lib
dist ly
364.0133
luminosity
0.1703
mag
12.01
name
HIP 74199
spect
G:...

About HIP 74199

HIP 74199 is a trash star. It lies about 364 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Lib, shines at apparent magnitude 12.01 and has spectral type G:....

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

How to see it

Look for HIP 74199 in the constellation Lib. At apparent magnitude 12.01, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.

Like any astronomical target, HIP 74199 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 HIP 74199 is a trash star

HIP 74199 scores 14 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, On the zodiac and Sun-like G-type 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.