RA 322.1649° · Dec 70.5607° · star
2 more points to reach Common.
Alfirk is a trash variable star. It lies about 685.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cep, shines at apparent magnitude 3.23 and has spectral type B2IIIv SB.
Notable enough to have earned a proper name, not just a catalogue number.
Look for Alfirk in the constellation Cep. At apparent magnitude 3.23, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Alfirk 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.
Alfirk scores 13 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 2 science badges — Variable star and Has a proper name — 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.