RA 230.8444° · Dec -59.3208° · star
2 more points to reach Rare.
Gam Cir is an uncommon variable star. It lies about 448.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cir, shines at apparent magnitude 4.48 and has spectral type B5III + F8.
Its spectrum reads B5III + F8 — 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 Gam Cir in the constellation Cir. At apparent magnitude 4.48, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Gam Cir 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.
Gam Cir scores 32 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, Hot blue B-type star, Giant star, 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.