RA 281.0242° · Dec -61.4627° · star
1 more point to reach Common.
HD 172420 is a trash star. It lies about 462 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Pav, shines at apparent magnitude 8.01 and has spectral type A9/F0III.
Its spectrum reads A9/F0III — 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 172420 in the constellation Pav. At apparent magnitude 8.01, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 172420 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 172420 scores 14 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, White A-type star and Giant 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.