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Uncommon star 33 EP

HIP 115195

RA 349.9933° · Dec -5.1656° · star

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
33 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • White dwarf (a burnt-out core) +22
  • Blue-white star +5
  • Star +3
  • On the zodiac +3
Total score 33

1 more point to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • On the zodiac · +3
  • White dwarf (a burnt-out core) · +22
  • Blue-white star · +5

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads DA: — a white dwarf — the exposed, Earth-sized cinder of a dead star, with nothing left to burn.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 11.9 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Aquarius.
  • Seen from everywhere. It sits almost on the celestial equator, so it can be seen from essentially anywhere on Earth.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around September — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 5.9 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 521.8 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
6.807
bv
-0.331
constellation
Aqr
dist ly
334.1762
luminosity
0.1649
mag
11.86
name
HIP 115195
spect
DA:

About HIP 115195

HIP 115195 is an uncommon star. It lies about 334.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Aqr, shines at apparent magnitude 11.86 and has spectral type DA:.

Its spectrum reads DA: — a white dwarf — the exposed, Earth-sized cinder of a dead star, with nothing left to burn.

How to see it

Look for HIP 115195 in the constellation Aqr. At apparent magnitude 11.86, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, HIP 115195 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.

Why HIP 115195 is an uncommon star

HIP 115195 scores 33 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, On the zodiac, White dwarf (a burnt-out core) and Blue-white 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.