RA 308.8514° · Dec -17.7882° · star
4 more points to reach Common.
HD 196043 is a trash star. It lies about 380.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cap, shines at apparent magnitude 8.38 and has spectral type F0/F2V.
Its spectrum reads F0/F2V — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for HD 196043 in the constellation Cap. At apparent magnitude 8.38, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 196043 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 196043 scores 11 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, On the zodiac, Yellow-white F-type star and Main-sequence 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.