RA 343.7610° · Dec 37.0768° · star
8 more points to reach Rare.
HR 8718 is an uncommon star. It lies about 127.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Lac, shines at apparent magnitude 5.91 and has spectral type F5II.
Its spectrum reads F5II — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for HR 8718 in the constellation Lac. At apparent magnitude 5.91, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 8718 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 8718 scores 26 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 8 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Yellow-white F-type star and Bright giant — 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.