RA 306.3618° · Dec -28.6633° · star
8 more points to reach Epic.
HR 7801 is a rare star. It lies about 501.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Sgr, shines at apparent magnitude 5.86 and has spectral type G8II/III.
Its spectrum reads G8II/III — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
Look for HR 7801 in the constellation Sgr. At apparent magnitude 5.86, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 7801 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 7801 scores 42 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 8 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Toward the galactic centre, On the zodiac, Sun-like G-type star and Bright giant — 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.