RA 295.6442° · Dec 20.3022° · star
1 more point to reach Common.
HD 186261 is a trash star. It lies about 1,144.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Vul, shines at apparent magnitude 9.07 and has spectral type A.
Its spectrum reads A — 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 186261 in the constellation Vul. At apparent magnitude 9.07, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HD 186261 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 186261 scores 14 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years) and White A-type 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.