RA 277.7979° · Dec -36.8092° · star
10 more points to reach Rare.
HD 170461 is an uncommon star. It lies about 303.7 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sgr, shines at apparent magnitude 6.98 and has spectral type A9IV.
Its spectrum reads A9IV — 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 HD 170461 in the constellation Sgr. At apparent magnitude 6.98, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 170461 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 170461 scores 24 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 10 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Toward the galactic centre, On the zodiac, White A-type star and Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) — 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.