Trash star 8 EP

HD 140643

RA 237.1499° · Dec -65.2334° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges

8 pts · Trash

Trash 15 pts → Common

Star +3
Orange K-type star +3
Main-sequence star +2

Total score 8

7 more points to reach Common.

Badges

Star · +3
Orange K-type star · +3
Main-sequence star · +2

Trivia

What it actually is

Spectral class. Its spectrum reads K1V — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.
Where it is in life. It is on the main sequence, quietly fusing hydrogen in its core exactly as the Sun does.

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 8.5 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Triangulum Australe.
Southern sky only. So far south it never rises for most of the northern hemisphere. To see it you'd have to travel to Chile, South Africa or Australia.
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. ≈ 2 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

absmag: 5.797
bv: 0.898
constellation: TrA
dist ly: 112.1967
luminosity: 0.418
mag: 8.48
name: HD 140643
spect: K1V

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About HD 140643

HD 140643 is a trash star. It lies about 112.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation TrA, shines at apparent magnitude 8.48 and has spectral type K1V.

Its spectrum reads K1V — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

How to see it

Look for HD 140643 in the constellation TrA. At apparent magnitude 8.48, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 140643 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 140643 is a trash star

HD 140643 scores 8 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Orange K-type star and Main-sequence 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.