RA 309.3824° · Dec 31.5725° · star
2 more points to reach Uncommon.
48 Cyg is a common star. It lies about 853.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cyg, shines at apparent magnitude 6.32 and has spectral type B8IIIn.
Its spectrum reads B8IIIn — a blue-white B-type star, with a surface tens of thousands of degrees hot and a life measured in tens of millions of years.
Look for 48 Cyg in the constellation Cyg. At apparent magnitude 6.32, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, 48 Cyg 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.
48 Cyg scores 20 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Hot blue B-type star, Giant star and Blue-white 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.