RA 354.7923° · Dec 75.2929° · star
4 more points to reach Common.
HR 8971 is a trash star. It lies about 258 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cep, shines at apparent magnitude 5.95 and has spectral type A3V.
HR 8971 is a trash star worth 11 points across 2 science badges. Explore its facts, badges and place on the sky map, then add it to your dex on Spacedle.
Look for HR 8971 in the constellation Cep. At apparent magnitude 5.95, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 8971 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 8971 scores 11 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 2 science badges — Star and Naked-eye visible — 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.