RA 303.8760° · Dec 23.5089° · star
18 more points to reach Anomaly.
22 Vul is an epic variable star. It lies about 1,918.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Vul, shines at apparent magnitude 5.18 and has spectral type G2Ib SB.
Its spectrum reads G2Ib SB — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
Look for 22 Vul in the constellation Vul. At apparent magnitude 5.18, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 22 Vul 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.
22 Vul scores 60 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 18 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 8 science badges — Variable star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Naked-eye visible, Sun-like G-type star, Supergiant, Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2), Barely variable (under 0.05 mag) 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.