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Trash star 13 EP

HD 153190

RA 254.7174° · Dec -23.7466° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
13 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Star +3
  • Main-sequence star +2
Total score 13

2 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8
  • Main-sequence star · +2

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G2/G3V — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

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 8.5 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Ophiuchus.
  • Southern sky. It rides the southern half of the sky — an easier target the further south 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. ≈ 3 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 267.3 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
4.909
bv
0.661
constellation
Oph
dist ly
171.2104
luminosity
0.9471
mag
8.51
name
HD 153190
spect
G2/G3V

About HD 153190

HD 153190 is a trash star. It lies about 171.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Oph, shines at apparent magnitude 8.51 and has spectral type G2/G3V.

Its spectrum reads G2/G3V — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for HD 153190 in the constellation Oph. At apparent magnitude 8.51, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 153190 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 HD 153190 is a trash star

HD 153190 scores 13 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Sun-like G-type star and Main-sequence 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.