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Common star 16 EP

HD 210999

RA 333.7269° · Dec -38.1608° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
16 pts · Common
Common 22 pts → Uncommon
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) +5
  • Star +3
Total score 16

6 more points to reach Uncommon.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8
  • Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) · +5

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G2/G3IV: — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 10.3 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Grus.
  • Southern sky. It rides the southern half of the sky — an easier target the further south you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around August — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 10.3 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 912.7 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
4.033
bv
0.585
constellation
Gru
dist ly
584.5091
luminosity
2.1223
mag
10.3
name
HD 210999
spect
G2/G3IV:

About HD 210999

HD 210999 is a common star. It lies about 584.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Gru, shines at apparent magnitude 10.3 and has spectral type G2/G3IV:.

Its spectrum reads G2/G3IV: — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for HD 210999 in the constellation Gru. At apparent magnitude 10.3, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, HD 210999 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.

Why HD 210999 is a common star

HD 210999 scores 16 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 6 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Sun-like G-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.