RA 240.3360° · Dec -31.5461° · star
3 more points to reach Common.
HD 143428 is a trash star. It lies about 3,020 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Lup, shines at apparent magnitude 8.46 and has spectral type Fm.
Its spectrum reads Fm — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for HD 143428 in the constellation Lup. At apparent magnitude 8.46, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 143428 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.
HD 143428 scores 12 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years) and Yellow-white F-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.