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Uncommon star 28 EP

HD 191349

RA 302.8158° · Dec -43.6623° · star

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Score breakdown

· 5 badges
28 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Toward the galactic centre +8
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Giant star +6
  • Star +3
  • On the zodiac +3
Total score 28

6 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Toward the galactic centre · +8
  • On the zodiac · +3
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8
  • Giant star · +6

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G5/G6III — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 6.5 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Sagittarius.
  • Southern sky. It rides the southern half of the sky — an easier target the further south you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around July — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 10.3 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 917.6 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
0.261
bv
0.86
constellation
Sgr
dist ly
587.6685
luminosity
68.4857
mag
6.54
name
HD 191349
spect
G5/G6III

About HD 191349

HD 191349 is an uncommon star. It lies about 587.7 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sgr, shines at apparent magnitude 6.54 and has spectral type G5/G6III.

Its spectrum reads G5/G6III — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for HD 191349 in the constellation Sgr. At apparent magnitude 6.54, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 191349 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.

Why HD 191349 is an uncommon star

HD 191349 scores 28 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 6 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Toward the galactic centre, On the zodiac, Sun-like G-type star and Giant 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.