RA 342.8440° · Dec 61.6967° · star
6 more points to reach Rare.
HR 8696 is an uncommon star. It lies about 237.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cep, shines at apparent magnitude 5.61 and has spectral type G2IV+....
Its spectrum reads G2IV+... — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
Look for HR 8696 in the constellation Cep. At apparent magnitude 5.61, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 8696 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.
HR 8696 scores 28 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 6 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Never sets (northern circumpolar), 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.