RA 314.9006° · Dec -19.0353° · star
11 more points to reach Rare.
20 Cap is an uncommon variable star. It lies about 535.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cap, shines at apparent magnitude 6.26 and has spectral type Ap Si.
Its spectrum reads Ap Si — 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 20 Cap in the constellation Cap. At apparent magnitude 6.26, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, 20 Cap 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.
20 Cap scores 23 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 11 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Variable star, On the zodiac, White A-type star, Blue-white star, Barely variable (under 0.05 mag) 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.