RA 322.4590° · Dec -18.3496° · star
2 more points to reach Common.
HD 204550 is a trash star. It lies about 924 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cap, shines at apparent magnitude 9.48 and has spectral type A8V.
Its spectrum reads A8V — 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 HD 204550 in the constellation Cap. At apparent magnitude 9.48, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HD 204550 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.
HD 204550 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 4 science badges — Star, On the zodiac, White A-type star and Main-sequence 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.