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Common star 15 EP

HIP 76272

RA 233.6891° · Dec 62.2790° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
15 pts · Common
Common 22 pts → Uncommon
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Never sets (northern circumpolar) +4
  • Star +3
Total score 15

7 more points to reach Uncommon.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Never sets (northern circumpolar) · +4
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G0: — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 10.5 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Draco.
  • Never sets. So far north that from Britain, Canada or northern Europe it never dips below the horizon — it is up every clear night of the year.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around May — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 8.7 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 771.6 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
4.618
bv
0.592
constellation
Dra
dist ly
494.1759
luminosity
1.2382
mag
10.52
name
HIP 76272
spect
G0:

About HIP 76272

HIP 76272 is a common star. It lies about 494.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Dra, shines at apparent magnitude 10.52 and has spectral type G0:.

Its spectrum reads G0: — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for HIP 76272 in the constellation Dra. At apparent magnitude 10.52, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, HIP 76272 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 76272 is a common star

HIP 76272 scores 15 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Never sets (northern circumpolar) and Sun-like G-type 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.