RA 229.2025° · Dec -13.0392° · star
9 more points to reach Rare.
HD 135681 is an uncommon variable star. It lies about 378.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Lib, shines at apparent magnitude 7.25 and has spectral type A3IV.
Its spectrum reads A3IV — an A-type star: white-hot, typically about twice the Sun's mass, and the class most of the sky's famous bright stars belong to.
Look for HD 135681 in the constellation Lib. At apparent magnitude 7.25, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 135681 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 135681 scores 25 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 9 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Variable star, On the zodiac, White A-type star, Subgiant (leaving the main sequence), Gently variable 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.