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Uncommon star 23 EP

HD 173526

RA 281.2364° · Dec 22.5622° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
23 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Bright giant +12
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Star +3
Total score 23

11 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8
  • Bright giant · +12

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G4II — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
  • Where it is in life. It is a bright giant, well on its way to the largest stars there are.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 7.5 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Hercules.
  • Northern sky. It rides the northern half of the sky — an easier target the further north you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around July — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 12.9 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

absmag
0.732
bv
0.979
constellation
Her
dist ly
732.9348
luminosity
44.3813
mag
7.49
name
HD 173526
spect
G4II

About HD 173526

HD 173526 is an uncommon star. It lies about 732.9 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Her, shines at apparent magnitude 7.49 and has spectral type G4II.

Its spectrum reads G4II — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for HD 173526 in the constellation Her. At apparent magnitude 7.49, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 173526 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 HD 173526 is an uncommon star

HD 173526 scores 23 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 11 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Sun-like G-type star and Bright giant — 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.