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Trash star 3 EP

HD 196297

RA 308.8714° · Dec 27.6489° · star

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Score breakdown

· 1 badge
3 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Star +3
Total score 3

12 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3

Properties

absmag
-11.93
bv
-0.004
constellation
Vul
mag
8.07
name
HD 196297
spect
A0

About HD 196297

HD 196297 is a trash star. It sits in the constellation Vul, shines at apparent magnitude 8.07 and has spectral type A0.

HD 196297 is a trash star worth 3 points across 1 science badge. Explore its facts, badges and place on the sky map, then add it to your dex on Spacedle.

How to see it

Look for HD 196297 in the constellation Vul. At apparent magnitude 8.07, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 196297 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.

Why HD 196297 is a trash star

HD 196297 scores 3 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 12 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 1 science badge — 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.

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Sky imagery and survey data courtesy of Aladin Lite & CDS, Strasbourg. Object data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, JPL Small-Body Database, and the ATNF Pulsar Catalogue.