RA 244.1344° · Dec -78.1333° · star
5 more points to reach Rare.
HD 144719 is an uncommon variable star. It sits in the constellation Aps, shines at apparent magnitude 9.18 and has spectral type B7III.
Its spectrum reads B7III — 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 HD 144719 in the constellation Aps. At apparent magnitude 9.18, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HD 144719 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 144719 scores 29 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 5 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Variable star, Hot blue B-type star, Giant star, Blue-white star, Gently 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.