RA 331.0799° · Dec -42.7246° · star
7 more points to reach Common.
HD 209430 is a trash star. It lies about 415.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Gru, shines at apparent magnitude 8.81 and has spectral type A2mF0-F2.
Its spectrum reads A2mF0-F2 — 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 HD 209430 in the constellation Gru. At apparent magnitude 8.81, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 209430 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 209430 scores 8 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 2 science badges — Star and White A-type 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.