RA 326.3622° · Dec 61.1208° · star
5 more points to reach Epic.
10Nu Cep is a rare variable star. It sits in the constellation Cep, shines at apparent magnitude 4.25 and has spectral type A2Iavar.
Its spectrum reads A2Iavar — 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 10Nu Cep in the constellation Cep. At apparent magnitude 4.25, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 10Nu Cep 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.
10Nu Cep scores 45 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 5 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, Never sets (northern circumpolar), White A-type star, Supergiant, Barely variable (under 0.05 mag) and A named variable 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.