RA 280.6977° · Dec 59.6304° · star
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Struve 2398 A is a common star. It lies about 11.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Dra, shines at apparent magnitude 8.94 and has spectral type K5.
Notable enough to have earned a proper name, not just a catalogue number.
Look for Struve 2398 A in the constellation Dra. At apparent magnitude 8.94, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, Struve 2398 A 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.
Struve 2398 A scores 23 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Nearby (<25 ly) and Has a proper name — 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.