Rare variable star 37 EP

HD 184570

RA 293.7324° · Dec 6.2339° · star

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Score breakdown

· 7 badges

37 pts · Rare

Rare 50 pts → Epic

Deep red star +8
Distant (over 1,000 light-years) +6
Giant star +6
Variable star +5
Cool red M-type star +5
Gently variable +4
A named variable star +3

Total score 37

13 more points to reach Epic.

Badges

Variable star · +5
Distant (over 1,000 light-years) · +6
Cool red M-type star · +5
Giant star · +6
Deep red star · +8
Gently variable · +4
A named variable star · +3

Trivia

What it actually is

Spectral class. Its spectrum reads M0III — an M-type red star — and M stars are the silent majority: roughly three of every four stars in the galaxy are one.
Where it is in life. It is a giant. It has already exhausted its core hydrogen and swollen up enormously in response.
It changes. This star does not hold still: its brightness rises and falls on a rhythm of hours, days or years, either pulsing in size or being eclipsed by a companion.

Sense of scale

In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

How to spot it. At magnitude 8.3 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Aquila.
Seen from everywhere. It sits almost on the celestial equator, so it can be seen from essentially anywhere on Earth.
Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around July — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

Verdict. Impossible with our current technology — and the next millennium of it.

Properties

absmag: -0.47
bv: 1.69
constellation: Aql
dist ly: 1885.2949
luminosity: 134.2765
mag: 8.34
name: HD 184570
spect: M0III
var amplitude: 0.15
var designation: V1458
var max: 8.247
var min: 8.397

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About HD 184570

HD 184570 is a rare variable star. It lies about 1,885.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Aql, shines at apparent magnitude 8.34 and has spectral type M0III.

Its spectrum reads M0III — an M-type red star — and M stars are the silent majority: roughly three of every four stars in the galaxy are one.

How to see it

Look for HD 184570 in the constellation Aql. At apparent magnitude 8.34, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 184570 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.

Why HD 184570 is a rare variable star

HD 184570 scores 37 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 13 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 7 science badges — Variable star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Cool red M-type star, Giant star, Deep red star, Gently variable 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.