RA 346.3452° · Dec 47.6763° · star
8 more points to reach Rare.
HIP 114012 is an uncommon variable star. It sits in the constellation And, shines at apparent magnitude 10.88 and has spectral type B9V.
Its spectrum reads B9V — a blue-white B-type star, with a surface tens of thousands of degrees hot and a life measured in tens of millions of years.
Look for HIP 114012 in the constellation And. At apparent magnitude 10.88, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 114012 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.
HIP 114012 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 5 science badges — Variable star, Hot blue B-type star, Main-sequence star, 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.