RA 310.7958° · Dec 66.6574° · star
12 more points to reach Rare.
4 Cep is an uncommon star. It lies about 139.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cep, shines at apparent magnitude 5.59 and has spectral type A8V.
Its spectrum reads A8V — 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 4 Cep in the constellation Cep. At apparent magnitude 5.59, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 4 Cep 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.
4 Cep scores 22 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 12 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Never sets (northern circumpolar), White A-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.