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Common star 23 EP

Struve 2398 B

RA 280.6987° · Dec 59.6268° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
23 pts · Common
Common 24 pts → Uncommon
  • Nearby (<25 ly) +12
  • Has a proper name +8
  • Star +3
Total score 23

1 more point to reach Uncommon.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Nearby (<25 ly) · +12
  • Has a proper name · +8

Trivia

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. A multi-generation starship could one day attempt the crossing.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 198 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 17.6 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.
  • At 10% light speed. ≈ 113 years in a starship at a tenth of light speed.
  • Distance. 11.3 light-years from Earth.

Look-back time

  • Look-back time. The light you'd see left around the year 2015.

Saying hello

  • Say hello. A radio message and its reply would take 22.5 years round-trip.

How we found it

  • Named. Notable enough to have earned a proper name, not just a catalogue number.

Properties

absmag
12.008
bv
1.561
constellation
Dra
dist ly
11.2671
mag
9.7
name
Struve 2398 B
named
yes
spect
K5

About Struve 2398 B

Struve 2398 B is a common star. It lies about 11.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Dra, shines at apparent magnitude 9.7 and has spectral type K5.

Notable enough to have earned a proper name, not just a catalogue number.

How to see it

Look for Struve 2398 B in the constellation Dra. At apparent magnitude 9.7, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, Struve 2398 B 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 Struve 2398 B is a common star

Struve 2398 B 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.

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Sky imagery and survey data courtesy of Aladin Lite & CDS, Strasbourg. Object data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, JPL Small-Body Database, and the ATNF Pulsar Catalogue.