RA 300.8183° · Dec 18.5010° · star
10 more points to reach Epic.
HR 7662 is a rare star. It lies about 809.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sge, shines at apparent magnitude 5.99 and has spectral type K3Iab:.
Its spectrum reads K3Iab: — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.
Look for HR 7662 in the constellation Sge. At apparent magnitude 5.99, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 7662 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.
HR 7662 scores 40 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 10 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Orange K-type star, Supergiant and Deep red 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.