RA 249.6096° · Dec -43.3984° · star
13 more points to reach Epic.
HR 6174 is a rare variable star. It lies about 627.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sco, shines at apparent magnitude 5.83 and has spectral type B2.5IV.
Its spectrum reads B2.5IV — 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 HR 6174 in the constellation Sco. At apparent magnitude 5.83, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 6174 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 6174 scores 37 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 13 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 8 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, On the zodiac, Hot blue B-type star, Subgiant (leaving the main sequence), Blue-white star, Barely variable (under 0.05 mag) 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.