RA 269.4829° · Dec -22.9758° · star
7 more points to reach Epic.
HIP 87942 is a rare star. It sits in the constellation Sgr, shines at apparent magnitude 9.21 and has spectral type F2Ib-II+....
Its spectrum reads F2Ib-II+... — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for HIP 87942 in the constellation Sgr. At apparent magnitude 9.21, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 87942 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.
HIP 87942 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, Toward the galactic centre, On the zodiac, Yellow-white F-type star, Supergiant 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.