RA 332.0730° · Dec -50.1054° · star
2 more points to reach Common.
HD 209953 is a trash star. It lies about 519.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Gru, shines at apparent magnitude 7.89 and has spectral type A8/A9IV.
Its spectrum reads A8/A9IV — 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 209953 in the constellation Gru. At apparent magnitude 7.89, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 209953 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 209953 scores 13 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, White A-type star and Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) — 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.