RA 317.5854° · Dec 10.1316° · star
1 more point to reach Uncommon.
5Gam Equ is a common variable star. It lies about 118.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Equ, shines at apparent magnitude 4.7 and has spectral type F0p.
Its spectrum reads F0p — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for 5Gam Equ in the constellation Equ. At apparent magnitude 4.7, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 5Gam Equ 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.
5Gam Equ scores 21 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, Yellow-white F-type 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.