RA 344.1083° · Dec 49.7335° · star
22 more points to reach Anomaly.
HR 8726 is an epic star. It lies about 1,598.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Lac, shines at apparent magnitude 4.99 and has spectral type K5Ibvar.
Its spectrum reads K5Ibvar — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.
Look for HR 8726 in the constellation Lac. At apparent magnitude 4.99, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 8726 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 8726 scores 56 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 22 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Naked-eye visible, Orange K-type star, Supergiant, Deep red star and Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2) — 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.