RA 344.8990° · Dec -29.4623° · star
11 more points to reach Rare.
HR 8740 is an uncommon variable star. It lies about 312.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation PsA, shines at apparent magnitude 5.51 and has spectral type F0V.
Its spectrum reads F0V — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for HR 8740 in the constellation PsA. At apparent magnitude 5.51, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 8740 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 8740 scores 23 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 11 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, Yellow-white F-type star, Main-sequence star, Barely variable (under 0.05 mag) 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.