RA 301.1507° · Dec 32.2186° · star
6 more points to reach Epic.
HR 7678 is a rare variable star. It sits in the constellation Cyg, shines at apparent magnitude 5.62 and has spectral type B1.5Ia comp.
Its spectrum reads B1.5Ia comp — a blue-white B-type star, with a surface tens of thousands of degrees hot and a life measured in tens of millions of years.
Look for HR 7678 in the constellation Cyg. At apparent magnitude 5.62, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 7678 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 7678 scores 44 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 6 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, Hot blue B-type star, Supergiant, 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.