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Uncommon star 26 EP

HD 139409

RA 234.6725° · Dec -17.6649° · star

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
26 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Bright giant +12
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Star +3
  • On the zodiac +3
Total score 26

8 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • On the zodiac · +3
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8
  • Bright giant · +12

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G8II/III — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
  • Where it is in life. It is a bright giant, well on its way to the largest stars there are.

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 7.2 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Libra.
  • Southern sky. It rides the southern half of the sky — an easier target the further south you are.
  • 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. ≈ 10.1 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

absmag
0.929
bv
1.039
constellation
Lib
dist ly
572.2035
luminosity
37.0169
mag
7.15
name
HD 139409
spect
G8II/III

About HD 139409

HD 139409 is an uncommon star. It lies about 572.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Lib, shines at apparent magnitude 7.15 and has spectral type G8II/III.

Its spectrum reads G8II/III — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for HD 139409 in the constellation Lib. At apparent magnitude 7.15, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 139409 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 HD 139409 is an uncommon star

HD 139409 scores 26 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 8 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, On the zodiac, Sun-like G-type star and Bright giant — 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.