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Common star 19 EP

95 Her

RA 270.3767° · Dec 21.5958° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
19 pts · Common
Common 22 pts → Uncommon
  • Naked-eye visible +8
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Star +3
Total score 19

3 more points to reach Uncommon.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Naked-eye visible · +8
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G5 — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 4.3 you can see it with your own eyes from a dark site, over in Hercules.
  • Northern sky. It rides the northern half of the sky — an easier target the further north you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around June — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 7.3 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 651.2 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
-1.274
bv
0.406
constellation
Her
dist ly
417.0792
luminosity
281.5788
mag
4.26
name
95 Her
spect
G5

About 95 Her

95 Her is a common star. It lies about 417.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Her, shines at apparent magnitude 4.26 and has spectral type G5.

Its spectrum reads G5 — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for 95 Her in the constellation Her. At apparent magnitude 4.26, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.

Like any astronomical target, 95 Her 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.

Why 95 Her is a common star

95 Her scores 19 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible and Sun-like G-type 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.