RA 254.5336° · Dec -58.9926° · star
3 more points to reach Uncommon.
HD 152642 is a common star. It lies about 809.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Ara, shines at apparent magnitude 8.12 and has spectral type B8IV/V.
Its spectrum reads B8IV/V — 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 HD 152642 in the constellation Ara. At apparent magnitude 8.12, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 152642 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.
HD 152642 scores 19 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Hot blue B-type star, Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) and Blue-white 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.