RA 312.1781° · Dec 51.9103° · star
1 more point to reach Common.
HR 7978 is a trash star. It lies about 726.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cyg, shines at apparent magnitude 6.26 and has spectral type B8np.
Its spectrum reads B8np — 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 HR 7978 in the constellation Cyg. At apparent magnitude 6.26, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HR 7978 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.
HR 7978 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, Hot blue B-type 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.