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Trash star 11 EP

HD 148979

RA 247.8776° · Dec 8.2941° · star

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Score breakdown

· 2 badges
11 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Star +3
Total score 11

4 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G5 — 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 7 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Hercules.
  • Seen from everywhere. It sits almost on the celestial equator, so it can be seen from essentially anywhere on Earth.
  • 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. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 4.5 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 396.3 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
2.515
bv
0.904
constellation
Her
dist ly
253.8179
luminosity
8.5901
mag
6.97
name
HD 148979
spect
G5

Nearby objects

About HD 148979

HD 148979 is a trash star. It lies about 253.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Her, shines at apparent magnitude 6.97 and has spectral type G5.

Its spectrum reads G5 — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for HD 148979 in the constellation Her. At apparent magnitude 6.97, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 148979 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 148979 is a trash star

HD 148979 scores 11 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 2 science badges — Star 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.