RA 283.8792° · Dec -16.3766° · star
4 more points to reach Rare.
HR 7126 is an uncommon star. It lies about 103.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sgr, shines at apparent magnitude 5.56 and has spectral type F5/F6IV/V.
Its spectrum reads F5/F6IV/V — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for HR 7126 in the constellation Sgr. At apparent magnitude 5.56, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 7126 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.
HR 7126 scores 30 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Toward the galactic centre, On the zodiac, Yellow-white F-type star and Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) — 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.