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Trash star 14 EP

Mahsati

RA 253.4316° · Dec 11.9737° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
14 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Has a proper name +8
  • Star +3
  • Orange K-type star +3
Total score 14

1 more point to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Has a proper name · +8
  • Orange K-type star · +3

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads K0 — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

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 8.4 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Ophiuchus.
  • Northern sky. It rides the northern half of the sky — an easier target the further north you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around June — 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. ≈ 10.6 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 944.8 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
2.038
bv
0.9
constellation
Oph
dist ly
605.1133
luminosity
13.3291
mag
8.38
name
Mahsati
named
yes
spect
K0

About Mahsati

Mahsati is a trash star. It lies about 605.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Oph, shines at apparent magnitude 8.38 and has spectral type K0.

Its spectrum reads K0 — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

How to see it

Look for Mahsati in the constellation Oph. At apparent magnitude 8.38, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, Mahsati 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 Mahsati is a trash star

Mahsati scores 14 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Has a proper name and Orange K-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.