RA 318.9560° · Dec 5.2478° · star
1 more point to reach Rare.
Kitalpha is an uncommon star. It lies about 190.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Equ, shines at apparent magnitude 3.92 and has spectral type G0III+....
Its spectrum reads G0III+... — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
Look for Kitalpha in the constellation Equ. At apparent magnitude 3.92, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Kitalpha 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.
Kitalpha scores 33 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Has a proper name, Sun-like G-type star and Giant 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.