RA 260.4317° · Dec 39.9746° · star
9 more points to reach Rare.
HR 6469 is an uncommon variable star. It lies about 241.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Her, shines at apparent magnitude 5.55 and has spectral type F9Vn....
Its spectrum reads F9Vn... — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for HR 6469 in the constellation Her. At apparent magnitude 5.55, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 6469 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 6469 scores 25 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 9 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, Yellow-white F-type star, Main-sequence star, Gently variable and A named variable 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.