RA 286.8255° · Dec 36.1002° · star
7 more points to reach Rare.
18Iot Lyr is an uncommon star. It lies about 896 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Lyr, shines at apparent magnitude 5.25 and has spectral type B6IV.
Its spectrum reads B6IV — a blue-white B-type star, with a surface tens of thousands of degrees hot and a life measured in tens of millions of years.
Look for 18Iot Lyr in the constellation Lyr. At apparent magnitude 5.25, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 18Iot Lyr 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.
18Iot Lyr scores 27 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Hot blue B-type star, Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) and Blue-white 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.