RA 308.6378° · Dec 41.9966° · star
1 more point to reach Common.
HD 196240 is a trash star. It lies about 1,842.7 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cyg, shines at apparent magnitude 7.97 and has spectral type Am.
Its spectrum reads Am — an A-type star: white-hot, typically about twice the Sun's mass, and the class most of the sky's famous bright stars belong to.
Look for HD 196240 in the constellation Cyg. At apparent magnitude 7.97, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 196240 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 196240 scores 14 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years) and White A-type 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.