RA 275.8111° · Dec -56.6289° · star
11 more points to reach Rare.
HD 168476 is an uncommon variable star. It sits in the constellation Tel, shines at apparent magnitude 9.3 and has spectral type B5p.
Its spectrum reads B5p — a blue-white B-type star, with a surface tens of thousands of degrees hot and a life measured in tens of millions of years.
Look for HD 168476 in the constellation Tel. At apparent magnitude 9.3, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HD 168476 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 168476 scores 23 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 11 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Variable star, Hot blue B-type star, Blue-white star, Gently variable and A named variable 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.