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Uncommon star 25 EP

HIP 92444

RA 282.5882° · Dec -26.9236° · star

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Score breakdown

· 5 badges
25 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Toward the galactic centre +8
  • Deep red star +8
  • Star +3
  • On the zodiac +3
  • Orange K-type star +3
Total score 25

9 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Toward the galactic centre · +8
  • On the zodiac · +3
  • Orange K-type star · +3
  • Deep red star · +8

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads Kp — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Inside our stellar backyard: every radio broadcast humanity has ever made has already swept past it.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 9.7 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Sagittarius.
  • Southern sky. It rides the southern half of the sky — an easier target the further south 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. ≈ 970.3 thousand years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 86.2 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
8.507
bv
1.459
constellation
Sgr
dist ly
55.2153
luminosity
0.0345
mag
9.65
name
HIP 92444
spect
Kp

About HIP 92444

HIP 92444 is an uncommon star. It lies about 55.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sgr, shines at apparent magnitude 9.65 and has spectral type Kp.

Its spectrum reads Kp — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

How to see it

Look for HIP 92444 in the constellation Sgr. At apparent magnitude 9.65, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, HIP 92444 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 HIP 92444 is an uncommon star

HIP 92444 scores 25 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 9 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Toward the galactic centre, On the zodiac, Orange K-type star and Deep red 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.