RA 258.9615° · Dec -33.7370° · star
27 more points to reach Anomaly.
HD 155889 is an epic star. It lies about 2,718 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sco, shines at apparent magnitude 6.54 and has spectral type B1/B2Ib/II.
Its spectrum reads B1/B2Ib/II — 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 155889 in the constellation Sco. At apparent magnitude 6.54, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 155889 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 155889 scores 51 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 27 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), On the zodiac, Hot blue B-type star, Supergiant, Blue-white star 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.