RA 312.9102° · Dec -62.4293° · star
6 more points to reach Uncommon.
HR 7959 is a common star. It lies about 249 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Pav, shines at apparent magnitude 5.67 and has spectral type A2.
Its spectrum reads A2 — 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 HR 7959 in the constellation Pav. At apparent magnitude 5.67, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 7959 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 7959 scores 16 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 6 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible and White A-type 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.