RA 290.4318° · Dec -15.9550° · star
28 more points to reach Anomaly.
46Ups Sgr is an epic variable star. It lies about 1,782.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sgr, shines at apparent magnitude 4.52 and has spectral type F2p.
Its spectrum reads F2p — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for 46Ups Sgr in the constellation Sgr. At apparent magnitude 4.52, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 46Ups Sgr 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.
46Ups Sgr scores 50 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 28 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 9 science badges — Variable star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Naked-eye visible, Toward the galactic centre, On the zodiac, Yellow-white F-type star, Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2) and Gently variable — 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.