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Trash star 11 EP

HD 166435

RA 272.3391° · Dec 29.9517° · star

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Score breakdown

· 2 badges
11 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Star +3
Total score 11

4 more points to reach Common.

Badges

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

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G0 — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Inside our stellar backyard: every radio broadcast humanity has ever made has already swept past it.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 6.8 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, 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. ≈ 1.4 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 126.4 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
4.866
bv
0.633
constellation
Her
dist ly
80.9522
luminosity
0.9854
mag
6.84
name
HD 166435
spect
G0

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About HD 166435

HD 166435 is a trash star. It lies about 81 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Her, shines at apparent magnitude 6.84 and has spectral type G0.

Its spectrum reads G0 — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for HD 166435 in the constellation Her. At apparent magnitude 6.84, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 166435 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 HD 166435 is a trash star

HD 166435 scores 11 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 2 science badges — Star 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.