RA 320.4125° · Dec 6.2056° · star
9 more points to reach Common.
HIP 105457 is a trash star. It lies about 755 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Equ, shines at apparent magnitude 10.08 and has spectral type F8.
Its spectrum reads F8 — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for HIP 105457 in the constellation Equ. At apparent magnitude 10.08, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 105457 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.
HIP 105457 scores 6 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 9 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 2 science badges — Star and Yellow-white F-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.