Trash star 14 EP

HD 161157

RA 266.5364° · Dec -44.6093° · star

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges

14 pts · Trash

Trash 15 pts → Common

Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) +5
Star +3
On the zodiac +3
Orange K-type star +3

Total score 14

1 more point to reach Common.

Badges

Star · +3
On the zodiac · +3
Orange K-type star · +3
Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) · +5

Trivia

What it actually is

Spectral class. Its spectrum reads K0/K1IVwp.. — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

Sense of scale

In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

How to spot it. At magnitude 8.7 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Scorpius.
Southern sky. It rides the southern half of the sky — an easier target the further south you are.
Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around June — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 15.2 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
Fastest probe ever. ≈ 1.3 million years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag: 1.627
bv: 1.027
constellation: Sco
dist ly: 862.8467
luminosity: 19.4626
mag: 8.74
name: HD 161157
spect: K0/K1IVwp..

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About HD 161157

HD 161157 is a trash star. It lies about 862.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sco, shines at apparent magnitude 8.74 and has spectral type K0/K1IVwp...

Its spectrum reads K0/K1IVwp.. — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

How to see it

Look for HD 161157 in the constellation Sco. At apparent magnitude 8.74, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 161157 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.

Why HD 161157 is a trash star

HD 161157 scores 14 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, On the zodiac, Orange K-type star and Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) — 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.