RA 330.8285° · Dec -2.1554° · star
11 more points to reach Epic.
31Omi Aqr is a rare variable star. It lies about 435.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Aqr, shines at apparent magnitude 4.74 and has spectral type B7IVe.
Its spectrum reads B7IVe — a blue-white B-type star, with a surface tens of thousands of degrees hot and a life measured in tens of millions of years.
Look for 31Omi Aqr in the constellation Aqr. At apparent magnitude 4.74, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 31Omi Aqr 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.
31Omi Aqr scores 39 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 11 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 8 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, On the zodiac, Hot blue B-type star, Subgiant (leaving the main sequence), Blue-white star, Gently variable 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.