RA 263.5435° · Dec -66.0080° · star
3 more points to reach Common.
HD 158431 is a trash star. It lies about 661.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Ara, shines at apparent magnitude 8.38 and has spectral type F2III.
Its spectrum reads F2III — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for HD 158431 in the constellation Ara. At apparent magnitude 8.38, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 158431 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 158431 scores 12 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Yellow-white F-type star and Giant 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.