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Trash star 3 EP

HD 220508

RA 351.1821° · Dec -53.7461° · star

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Score breakdown

· 1 badge
3 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Star +3
Total score 3

12 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3

Properties

absmag
-10.97
bv
1.439
constellation
Gru
mag
9.03
name
HD 220508
spect
K3V:

About HD 220508

HD 220508 is a trash star. It sits in the constellation Gru, shines at apparent magnitude 9.03 and has spectral type K3V:.

HD 220508 is a trash star worth 3 points across 1 science badge. Explore its facts, badges and place on the sky map, then add it to your dex on Spacedle.

How to see it

Look for HD 220508 in the constellation Gru. At apparent magnitude 9.03, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, HD 220508 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 HD 220508 is a trash star

HD 220508 scores 3 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 12 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 1 science badge — 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.

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Sky imagery and survey data courtesy of Aladin Lite & CDS, Strasbourg. Object data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, JPL Small-Body Database, and the ATNF Pulsar Catalogue.