RA 347.6924° · Dec 46.3030° · star
6 more points to reach Common.
HD 218851 is a trash star. It lies about 1,953 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation And, shines at apparent magnitude 9.99 and has spectral type R....
Its spectrum reads R... — a carbon star, wrapped in so much soot that its light is filtered to a deep ruby red.
Look for HD 218851 in the constellation And. At apparent magnitude 9.99, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HD 218851 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.
HD 218851 scores 9 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 6 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 2 science badges — Star and Distant (over 1,000 light-years) — 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.