RA 285.7659° · Dec -19.2457° · star
25 more points to reach Anomaly.
HR 7203 is an epic star. It lies about 1,976.7 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sgr, shines at apparent magnitude 5.96 and has spectral type K0II/III.
Its spectrum reads K0II/III — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.
Look for HR 7203 in the constellation Sgr. At apparent magnitude 5.96, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 7203 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 7203 scores 53 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 25 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 8 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Naked-eye visible, Toward the galactic centre, On the zodiac, Orange K-type star, Bright giant 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.