RA 295.4121° · Dec 33.0830° · star
8 more points to reach Epic.
HD 186177 is a rare star. It lies about 2,861 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cyg, shines at apparent magnitude 7.04 and has spectral type A5Ib.
Its spectrum reads A5Ib — an A-type star: white-hot, typically about twice the Sun's mass, and the class most of the sky's famous bright stars belong to.
Look for HD 186177 in the constellation Cyg. At apparent magnitude 7.04, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 186177 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 186177 scores 42 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 8 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), White A-type star, Supergiant 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.