RA 314.6743° · Dec -14.4831° · star
4 more points to reach Epic.
HR 8024 is a rare variable star. It lies about 284.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Aqr, shines at apparent magnitude 5.95 and has spectral type A9V.
Its spectrum reads A9V — 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 8024 in the constellation Aqr. At apparent magnitude 5.95, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 8024 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 8024 scores 46 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 8 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, On the zodiac, White A-type star, Main-sequence star, Gently variable, Fades out of naked-eye view and A named variable 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.