RA 272.1186° · Dec -21.2531° · star
9 more points to reach Anomaly.
HD 165763 is an epic star. It lies about 3,048.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sgr, shines at apparent magnitude 7.66 and has spectral type WC....
Its spectrum reads WC... — a Wolf-Rayet star: a stellar monster shedding its own outer layers in a ferocious wind, on its way to a supernova.
Look for HD 165763 in the constellation Sgr. At apparent magnitude 7.66, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 165763 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.
HD 165763 scores 69 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 9 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Toward the galactic centre, On the zodiac, Wolf-Rayet star (shedding itself), Blue-white star and Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2) — 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.