RA 263.2643° · Dec -29.6508° · star
13 more points to reach Epic.
HD 158902 is a rare star. It lies about 3,197.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Oph, shines at apparent magnitude 7.22 and has spectral type B3II.
Its spectrum reads B3II — 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 158902 in the constellation Oph. At apparent magnitude 7.22, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 158902 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 158902 scores 37 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 13 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Hot blue B-type star, Bright giant 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.