RA 233.2701° · Dec -58.1941° · star
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HD 138168 is a trash star. It lies about 400.7 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Nor, shines at apparent magnitude 8.78 and has spectral type F3IV.
Its spectrum reads F3IV — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for HD 138168 in the constellation Nor. At apparent magnitude 8.78, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 138168 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 138168 scores 11 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Yellow-white F-type star and Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) — 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.