RA 242.1140° · Dec 86.1999° · star
15 more points to reach Epic.
HD 150265 is a rare variable star. It lies about 1,598.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation UMi, shines at apparent magnitude 8.59 and has spectral type A2V.
Its spectrum reads A2V — an A-type star: white-hot, typically about twice the Sun's mass, and the class most of the sky's famous bright stars belong to.
Look for HD 150265 in the constellation UMi. At apparent magnitude 8.59, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 150265 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 150265 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 7 science badges — Variable star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Never sets (northern circumpolar), White A-type star, Main-sequence star, Strongly variable 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.