RA 269.1516° · Dec 51.4889° · star
10 more points to reach Epic.
Eltanin is a rare star. It lies about 154.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Dra, shines at apparent magnitude 2.24 and has spectral type K5III.
Its spectrum reads K5III — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.
Look for Eltanin in the constellation Dra. At apparent magnitude 2.24, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Eltanin 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.
Eltanin scores 40 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 10 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Has a proper name, Never sets (northern circumpolar), Orange K-type star, Giant star and Deep red 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.