RA 284.2377° · Dec -67.2335° · star
3 more points to reach Epic.
Kap Pav is a rare variable star. It lies about 500.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Pav, shines at apparent magnitude 4.4 and has spectral type F5Ib-II:.
Its spectrum reads F5Ib-II: — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for Kap Pav in the constellation Pav. At apparent magnitude 4.4, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Kap Pav 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.
Kap Pav scores 47 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, Yellow-white F-type star, Supergiant, Strongly variable and A named variable 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.