RA 290.4182° · Dec -17.8472° · star
12 more points to reach Epic.
44Rho1Sgr is a rare variable star. It lies about 127 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sgr, shines at apparent magnitude 3.92 and has spectral type F0III/IV.
Its spectrum reads F0III/IV — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for 44Rho1Sgr in the constellation Sgr. At apparent magnitude 3.92, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 44Rho1Sgr 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.
44Rho1Sgr scores 38 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 12 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 8 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, Toward the galactic centre, On the zodiac, Yellow-white F-type star, Giant 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.