RA 277.9110° · Dec -41.6577° · star
6 more points to reach Uncommon.
HD 170502 is a common star. It lies about 934.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation CrA, shines at apparent magnitude 8.17 and has spectral type B8V.
Its spectrum reads B8V — 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 170502 in the constellation CrA. At apparent magnitude 8.17, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 170502 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 170502 scores 16 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 6 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Hot blue B-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.