RA 284.7193° · Dec 69.5313° · star
10 more points to reach Rare.
HR 7224 is an uncommon variable star. It lies about 695.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Dra, shines at apparent magnitude 6.52 and has spectral type A0p Si.
Its spectrum reads A0p Si — 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 HR 7224 in the constellation Dra. At apparent magnitude 6.52, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HR 7224 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 7224 scores 24 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 10 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Variable star, Never sets (northern circumpolar), White A-type star, Blue-white star, Barely variable (under 0.05 mag) 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.