RA 288.8884° · Dec -24.1794° · star
16 more points to reach Epic.
Gumala is a rare variable star. It lies about 89.9 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sgr, shines at apparent magnitude 6.25 and has spectral type F8V.
Its spectrum reads F8V — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for Gumala in the constellation Sgr. At apparent magnitude 6.25, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, Gumala 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.
Gumala scores 34 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 16 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 8 science badges — Variable star, Has a proper name, Toward the galactic centre, On the zodiac, Yellow-white F-type star, Main-sequence 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.