RA 283.4280° · Dec -74.9583° · star
7 more points to reach Uncommon.
HD 173491 is a common star. It lies about 547.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Oct, shines at apparent magnitude 7.41 and has spectral type A0V.
Its spectrum reads A0V — 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 173491 in the constellation Oct. At apparent magnitude 7.41, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 173491 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 173491 scores 15 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, White A-type star, Main-sequence star and Blue-white 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.