RA 287.0082° · Dec 24.7260° · star
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HD 178540 is a trash star. It lies about 982.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Vul, shines at apparent magnitude 6.59 and has spectral type B5.
Its spectrum reads B5 — 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 HD 178540 in the constellation Vul. At apparent magnitude 6.59, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 178540 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.
HD 178540 scores 14 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Hot blue B-type star 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.