RA 314.1449° · Dec 44.9247° · star
13 more points to reach Epic.
HR 8023 is a rare star. It sits in the constellation Cyg, shines at apparent magnitude 5.96 and has spectral type O6....
Its spectrum reads O6... — an O-type star — the hottest, rarest main class there is. Fewer than one star in a million is an O, and none of them lasts long.
Look for HR 8023 in the constellation Cyg. At apparent magnitude 5.96, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 8023 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 8023 scores 37 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 13 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible and Blazing O-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.