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Uncommon star 22 EP

HIP 90921

RA 278.2052° · Dec -29.2964° · star

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
22 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Toward the galactic centre +8
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Star +3
  • On the zodiac +3
Total score 22

12 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Toward the galactic centre · +8
  • On the zodiac · +3
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G0 — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 10.3 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Sagittarius.
  • Southern sky. It rides the southern half of the sky — an easier target the further south you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around June — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 9.4 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 839 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
4.216
bv
0.599
constellation
Sgr
dist ly
537.3244
luminosity
1.7931
mag
10.3
name
HIP 90921
spect
G0

About HIP 90921

HIP 90921 is an uncommon star. It lies about 537.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sgr, shines at apparent magnitude 10.3 and has spectral type G0.

Its spectrum reads G0 — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for HIP 90921 in the constellation Sgr. At apparent magnitude 10.3, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, HIP 90921 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.

Why HIP 90921 is an uncommon star

HIP 90921 scores 22 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 12 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Toward the galactic centre, On the zodiac and Sun-like G-type 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.