RA 301.0588° · Dec 17.7349° · star
10 more points to reach Epic.
HD 190405 is a rare star. It lies about 2,160 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sge, shines at apparent magnitude 6.87 and has spectral type F2Ib.
Its spectrum reads F2Ib — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for HD 190405 in the constellation Sge. At apparent magnitude 6.87, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 190405 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 190405 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, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Yellow-white F-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.