RA 331.4460° · Dec -0.3199° · star
20 more points to reach Anomaly.
Sadalmelik is an epic star. It lies about 523.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Aqr, shines at apparent magnitude 2.95 and has spectral type G2Ib.
Its spectrum reads G2Ib — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
Look for Sadalmelik in the constellation Aqr. At apparent magnitude 2.95, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Sadalmelik 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.
Sadalmelik scores 58 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 20 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Has a proper name, On the zodiac, Sun-like G-type star, Supergiant and Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2) — 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.