RA 253.5821° · Dec -41.8199° · star
22 more points to reach Anomaly.
HR 6265 is an epic star. It lies about 3,166.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sco, shines at apparent magnitude 6.61 and has spectral type WC+....
Its spectrum reads WC+... — a Wolf-Rayet star: a stellar monster shedding its own outer layers in a ferocious wind, on its way to a supernova.
Look for HR 6265 in the constellation Sco. At apparent magnitude 6.61, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HR 6265 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 6265 scores 56 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 22 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), On the zodiac, Wolf-Rayet star (shedding itself) and Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2) — 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.