RA 283.4362° · Dec 60.0179° · star
14 more points to reach Epic.
HD 175863 is a rare star. It lies about 2,695.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Dra, shines at apparent magnitude 7.05 and has spectral type B4Ve.
Its spectrum reads B4Ve — a blue-white B-type star, with a surface tens of thousands of degrees hot and a life measured in tens of millions of years.
Look for HD 175863 in the constellation Dra. At apparent magnitude 7.05, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 175863 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 175863 scores 36 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 14 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Never sets (northern circumpolar), Hot blue B-type star, Main-sequence star, Blue-white star and Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2) — 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.