RA 325.5045° · Dec 35.5102° · star
36 more points to reach Mythic.
HR 8297 is an anomaly variable star. It lies about 2,038.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cyg, shines at apparent magnitude 5.98 and has spectral type C6.3.
Its spectrum reads C6.3 — a carbon star, wrapped in so much soot that its light is filtered to a deep ruby red.
Look for HR 8297 in the constellation Cyg. At apparent magnitude 5.98, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 8297 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.
HR 8297 scores 84 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the anomaly tier. Another 36 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 9 science badges — Variable star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Naked-eye visible, Carbon star (sooty red), Deep red star, Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2), Gently variable and Fades out of naked-eye view — 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.