RA 355.8775° · Dec 61.9300° · star
9 more points to reach Epic.
HIP 117034 is a rare star. It sits in the constellation Cas, shines at apparent magnitude 11.24 and has spectral type WN....
Its spectrum reads WN... — a Wolf-Rayet star: a stellar monster shedding its own outer layers in a ferocious wind, on its way to a supernova.
Look for HIP 117034 in the constellation Cas. At apparent magnitude 11.24, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 117034 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.
HIP 117034 scores 41 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 9 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Never sets (northern circumpolar) and Wolf-Rayet star (shedding itself) — 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.