RA 265.4959° · Dec -33.5038° · star
12 more points to reach Epic.
HD 160529 is a rare variable star. It sits in the constellation Sco, shines at apparent magnitude 6.66 and has spectral type A9Ia.
Its spectrum reads A9Ia — an A-type star: white-hot, typically about twice the Sun's mass, and the class most of the sky's famous bright stars belong to.
Look for HD 160529 in the constellation Sco. At apparent magnitude 6.66, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 160529 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 160529 scores 38 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 12 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Variable star, On the zodiac, White A-type star, Supergiant, 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.