RA 238.8734° · Dec -68.6030° · star
15 more points to reach Epic.
Kap TrA is a rare star. It lies about 1,208 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation TrA, shines at apparent magnitude 5.11 and has spectral type G6VII.
Its spectrum reads G6VII — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
Look for Kap TrA in the constellation TrA. At apparent magnitude 5.11, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Kap TrA 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.
Kap TrA scores 35 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 15 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Naked-eye visible, Sun-like G-type star and Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2) — 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.