RA 286.5831° · Dec -52.3409° · star
6 more points to reach Uncommon.
Rho Tel is a common star. It lies about 185 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Tel, shines at apparent magnitude 5.17 and has spectral type F7V.
Its spectrum reads F7V — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for Rho Tel in the constellation Tel. At apparent magnitude 5.17, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Rho Tel 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.
Rho Tel scores 16 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 6 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Yellow-white F-type star and Main-sequence 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.