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Uncommon star 29 EP

HD 205011

RA 322.9590° · Dec 23.8452° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
29 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Supergiant +18
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Star +3
Total score 29

5 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8
  • Supergiant · +18

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G8Ib — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
  • Where it is in life. It is a supergiant, hundreds of times wider than the Sun.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 6.4 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Pegasus.
  • Northern sky. It rides the northern half of the sky — an easier target the further north you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around August — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 7.9 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

absmag
0.732
bv
1.064
constellation
Peg
dist ly
449.8702
luminosity
44.3813
mag
6.43
name
HD 205011
spect
G8Ib

About HD 205011

HD 205011 is an uncommon star. It lies about 449.9 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Peg, shines at apparent magnitude 6.43 and has spectral type G8Ib.

Its spectrum reads G8Ib — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for HD 205011 in the constellation Peg. At apparent magnitude 6.43, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 205011 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.

Why HD 205011 is an uncommon star

HD 205011 scores 29 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 5 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Sun-like G-type star and Supergiant — 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.