RA 267.0585° · Dec -28.0148° · star
5 more points to reach Rare.
HD 316285 is an uncommon variable star. It sits in the constellation Sgr, shines at apparent magnitude 9.2 and has spectral type Be.
Its spectrum reads Be — 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 316285 in the constellation Sgr. At apparent magnitude 9.2, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HD 316285 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 316285 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 6 science badges — Variable star, Toward the galactic centre, On the zodiac, Hot blue B-type star, 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.