RA 302.9836° · Dec 20.3345° · star
28 more points to reach Anomaly.
HIP 99527 is an epic variable star. It lies about 606.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sge, shines at apparent magnitude 9.24 and has spectral type B4Ieq-K2Ib.
Its spectrum reads B4Ieq-K2Ib — 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 HIP 99527 in the constellation Sge. At apparent magnitude 9.24, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 99527 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.
HIP 99527 scores 50 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 28 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Variable star, Hot blue B-type star, Supergiant, Deep red star, Strongly 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.