RA 227.7866° · Dec -39.8642° · star
8 more points to reach Rare.
HD 134411 is an uncommon star. It lies about 1,235.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Lup, shines at apparent magnitude 9.56 and has spectral type B2III/IV.
Its spectrum reads B2III/IV — 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 134411 in the constellation Lup. At apparent magnitude 9.56, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HD 134411 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 134411 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 5 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Hot blue B-type star, Giant star and Blue-white 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.