RA 253.7438° · Dec -41.1509° · star
4 more points to reach Anomaly.
HR 6272 is an epic star. It lies about 2,265 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sco, shines at apparent magnitude 5.78 and has spectral type O8Iab+....
Its spectrum reads O8Iab+... — an O-type star — the hottest, rarest main class there is. Fewer than one star in a million is an O, and none of them lasts long.
Look for HR 6272 in the constellation Sco. At apparent magnitude 5.78, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 6272 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 6272 scores 74 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Naked-eye visible, On the zodiac, Blazing O-type star, Supergiant 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.