RA 241.8504° · Dec -56.1910° · star
16 more points to reach Epic.
HR 5979 is a rare star. It lies about 1,531.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Nor, shines at apparent magnitude 6.16 and has spectral type F2II.
Its spectrum reads F2II — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for HR 5979 in the constellation Nor. At apparent magnitude 6.16, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HR 5979 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.
HR 5979 scores 34 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 16 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Yellow-white F-type star, Bright giant 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.