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Common star 21 EP

HD 145179

RA 241.4220° · Dec 63.4613° · star

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
21 pts · Common
Common 22 pts → Uncommon
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Distant (over 1,000 light-years) +6
  • Never sets (northern circumpolar) +4
  • Star +3
Total score 21

1 more point to reach Uncommon.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Distant (over 1,000 light-years) · +6
  • Never sets (northern circumpolar) · +4
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8

Trivia

What it actually is

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

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 9.2 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Draco.
  • Never sets. So far north that from Britain, Canada or northern Europe it never dips below the horizon — it is up every clear night of the year.
  • 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. Impossible with our current technology — and the next millennium of it.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 46.2 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 4.1 million years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
-0.293
bv
0.827
constellation
Dra
dist ly
2630.2903
luminosity
114.0775
mag
9.24
name
HD 145179
spect
G

About HD 145179

HD 145179 is a common star. It lies about 2,630.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Dra, shines at apparent magnitude 9.24 and has spectral type G.

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

How to see it

Look for HD 145179 in the constellation Dra. At apparent magnitude 9.24, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, HD 145179 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 145179 is a common star

HD 145179 scores 21 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Never sets (northern circumpolar) and Sun-like G-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.