RA 310.1473° · Dec -27.5866° · star
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HD 196816 is a trash star. It lies about 358.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Mic, shines at apparent magnitude 7.73 and has spectral type A4III.
Its spectrum reads A4III — 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 196816 in the constellation Mic. At apparent magnitude 7.73, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 196816 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 196816 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, White A-type star and Giant 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.