RA 239.5474° · Dec -14.2794° · star
28 more points to reach Anomaly.
48 Lib is an epic variable star. It lies about 467.9 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Lib, shines at apparent magnitude 4.95 and has spectral type B8Ia/Iab.
Its spectrum reads B8Ia/Iab — a blue-white B-type star, with a surface tens of thousands of degrees hot and a life measured in tens of millions of years.
Look for 48 Lib in the constellation Lib. At apparent magnitude 4.95, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 48 Lib 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.
48 Lib scores 50 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 28 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 8 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, On the zodiac, Hot blue B-type star, Supergiant, Blue-white star, Barely variable (under 0.05 mag) and A named variable 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.