RA 280.2002° · Dec -8.7188° · star
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HD 172488 is a trash star. It lies about 956.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sct, shines at apparent magnitude 7.67 and has spectral type B0.5V.
Its spectrum reads B0.5V — 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 172488 in the constellation Sct. At apparent magnitude 7.67, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 172488 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 172488 scores 11 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Hot blue B-type star and Main-sequence 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.