RA 290.7920° · Dec -10.7032° · star
7 more points to reach Epic.
HD 182040 is a rare star. It lies about 2,630.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Aql, shines at apparent magnitude 6.99 and has spectral type C0.
Its spectrum reads C0 — a carbon star, wrapped in so much soot that its light is filtered to a deep ruby red.
Look for HD 182040 in the constellation Aql. At apparent magnitude 6.99, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 182040 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 182040 scores 43 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Carbon star (sooty red) and Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2) — 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.