RA 348.9072° · Dec 70.8881° · star
2 more points to reach Rare.
HR 8851 is an uncommon variable star. It lies about 379.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cep, shines at apparent magnitude 5.55 and has spectral type F0IV.
Its spectrum reads F0IV — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for HR 8851 in the constellation Cep. At apparent magnitude 5.55, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 8851 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 8851 scores 32 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, Never sets (northern circumpolar), Yellow-white F-type star, Subgiant (leaving the main sequence), Gently 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.