RA 336.2653° · Dec 57.8416° · star
1 more point to reach Rare.
HIP 110662 is an uncommon variable star. It lies about 1,734.9 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cep, shines at apparent magnitude 10.35 and has spectral type B1.5IV-V:pe.
Its spectrum reads B1.5IV-V:pe — 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 HIP 110662 in the constellation Cep. At apparent magnitude 10.35, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 110662 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.
HIP 110662 scores 33 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Variable star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Never sets (northern circumpolar), Hot blue B-type star, Subgiant (leaving the main sequence), 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.