RA 308.5681° · Dec 19.5306° · star
12 more points to reach Epic.
HD 196036 is a rare star. It lies about 2,380.7 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Del, shines at apparent magnitude 7.29 and has spectral type M....
Its spectrum reads M... — an M-type red star — and M stars are the silent majority: roughly three of every four stars in the galaxy are one.
Look for HD 196036 in the constellation Del. At apparent magnitude 7.29, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 196036 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.
HD 196036 scores 38 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 12 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Cool red M-type star, Deep red star, Red dwarf and Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2) — 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.