RA 262.8470° · Dec -56.9210° · star
3 more points to reach Anomaly.
HR 6505 is an epic variable star. It lies about 1,832.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Ara, shines at apparent magnitude 5.99 and has spectral type B7II/III.
Its spectrum reads B7II/III — 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 HR 6505 in the constellation Ara. At apparent magnitude 5.99, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 6505 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 6505 scores 75 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 10 science badges — Variable star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Naked-eye visible, Hot blue B-type star, Bright giant, Blue-white star, Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2) and Gently variable — 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.