RA 276.9927° · Dec -25.4217° · star
11 more points to reach Epic.
Kaus Borealis is a rare star. It lies about 78.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sgr, shines at apparent magnitude 2.82 and has spectral type K1IIIb.
Its spectrum reads K1IIIb — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.
Look for Kaus Borealis in the constellation Sgr. At apparent magnitude 2.82, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Kaus Borealis 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.
Kaus Borealis scores 39 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 11 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Has a proper name, Toward the galactic centre, On the zodiac, Orange K-type star and Giant 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.