RA 311.6619° · Dec 16.1241° · star
16 more points to reach Epic.
12Gam1Del is a rare star. It lies about 123.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Del, shines at apparent magnitude 5.15 and has spectral type A2Ia+....
Its spectrum reads A2Ia+... — 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 12Gam1Del in the constellation Del. At apparent magnitude 5.15, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 12Gam1Del 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.
12Gam1Del scores 34 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 16 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, White A-type star and Supergiant — 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.