RA 330.2992° · Dec -24.6040° · star
4 more points to reach Common.
HD 209068 is a trash star. It lies about 723.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Aqr, shines at apparent magnitude 10.06 and has spectral type F6Vw.
Its spectrum reads F6Vw — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for HD 209068 in the constellation Aqr. At apparent magnitude 10.06, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HD 209068 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 209068 scores 11 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, On the zodiac, Yellow-white F-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.