RA 280.6060° · Dec -20.3119° · star
15 more points to reach Epic.
HD 172696 is a rare star. It lies about 3,229.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sgr, shines at apparent magnitude 7.1 and has spectral type Asp....
Its spectrum reads Asp... — 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 172696 in the constellation Sgr. At apparent magnitude 7.1, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 172696 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 172696 scores 35 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 15 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Toward the galactic centre, On the zodiac, White A-type star 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.