RA 337.2927° · Dec 58.4152° · star
12 more points to reach Anomaly.
27Del Cep is an epic variable star. It lies about 865.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cep, shines at apparent magnitude 4.07 and has spectral type G2Ibvar.
Its spectrum reads G2Ibvar — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
Look for 27Del Cep in the constellation Cep. At apparent magnitude 4.07, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 27Del Cep 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.
27Del Cep scores 66 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 12 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 8 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, Never sets (northern circumpolar), Sun-like G-type star, Supergiant, Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2), Strongly 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.