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Trash star 3 EP

HIP 74902

RA 229.6103° · Dec -43.9304° · star

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Score breakdown

· 1 badge
3 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Star +3
Total score 3

12 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3

Properties

absmag
-10.58
bv
1.062
constellation
Lup
mag
9.42
name
HIP 74902
spect
F5

About HIP 74902

HIP 74902 is a trash star. It sits in the constellation Lup, shines at apparent magnitude 9.42 and has spectral type F5.

HIP 74902 is a trash star worth 3 points across 1 science badge. Explore its facts, badges and place on the sky map, then add it to your dex on Spacedle.

How to see it

Look for HIP 74902 in the constellation Lup. At apparent magnitude 9.42, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, HIP 74902 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 74902 is a trash star

HIP 74902 scores 3 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 12 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 1 science badge — 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.

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Sky imagery and survey data courtesy of Aladin Lite & CDS, Strasbourg. Object data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, JPL Small-Body Database, and the ATNF Pulsar Catalogue.