RA 272.7798° · Dec 60.4095° · star
3 more points to reach Uncommon.
HR 6827 is a common star. It lies about 491.9 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Dra, shines at apparent magnitude 6.5 and has spectral type A1Vnn.
Its spectrum reads A1Vnn — an A-type star: white-hot, typically about twice the Sun's mass, and the class most of the sky's famous bright stars belong to.
Look for HR 6827 in the constellation Dra. At apparent magnitude 6.5, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HR 6827 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.
HR 6827 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 5 science badges — Star, Never sets (northern circumpolar), White A-type star, Main-sequence star and Blue-white 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.