RA 278.1438° · Dec 57.0456° · star
26 more points to reach Anomaly.
45 Dra is an epic star. It lies about 2,117.9 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Dra, shines at apparent magnitude 4.77 and has spectral type F7Ib.
Its spectrum reads F7Ib — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for 45 Dra in the constellation Dra. At apparent magnitude 4.77, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 45 Dra 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.
45 Dra scores 52 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 26 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Naked-eye visible, Never sets (northern circumpolar), Yellow-white F-type star, Supergiant and Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2) — 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.