RA 266.7412° · Dec -43.4935° · star
5 more points to reach Rare.
HD 161312 is an uncommon star. It lies about 772.9 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sco, shines at apparent magnitude 7.64 and has spectral type B6II/III.
Its spectrum reads B6II/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 HD 161312 in the constellation Sco. At apparent magnitude 7.64, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 161312 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 161312 scores 29 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 5 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, On the zodiac, Hot blue B-type star, Bright giant and Blue-white 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.