RA 267.2937° · Dec -31.7032° · star
7 more points to reach Epic.
HR 6628 is a rare star. It lies about 556.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sco, shines at apparent magnitude 4.79 and has spectral type B8Ib/II.
Its spectrum reads B8Ib/II — 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 HR 6628 in the constellation Sco. At apparent magnitude 4.79, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 6628 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.
HR 6628 scores 43 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, On the zodiac, Hot blue B-type star, Supergiant 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.