RA 271.2551° · Dec -29.5801° · star
5 more points to reach Anomaly.
Gam1Sgr is an epic variable star. It lies about 869.7 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sgr, shines at apparent magnitude 4.66 and has spectral type G0Ib/II.
Its spectrum reads G0Ib/II — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
Look for Gam1Sgr in the constellation Sgr. At apparent magnitude 4.66, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Gam1Sgr 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.
Gam1Sgr scores 73 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 5 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 9 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, Toward the galactic centre, On the zodiac, Sun-like G-type star, Supergiant, Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2) and Strongly variable — 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.