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Uncommon star 30 EP

HD 223392

RA 357.2729° · Dec 6.3824° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
30 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Carbon star (sooty red) +24
  • Star +3
  • On the zodiac +3
Total score 30

4 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • On the zodiac · +3
  • Carbon star (sooty red) · +24

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads C... — a carbon star, wrapped in so much soot that its light is filtered to a deep ruby red.

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 8.5 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Pisces.
  • 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. ≈ 14.8 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 1.3 million years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
1.459
bv
1.349
constellation
Psc
dist ly
842.7803
luminosity
22.7196
mag
8.52
name
HD 223392
spect
C...

About HD 223392

HD 223392 is an uncommon star. It lies about 842.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Psc, shines at apparent magnitude 8.52 and has spectral type C....

Its spectrum reads C... — a carbon star, wrapped in so much soot that its light is filtered to a deep ruby red.

How to see it

Look for HD 223392 in the constellation Psc. At apparent magnitude 8.52, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 223392 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 223392 is an uncommon star

HD 223392 scores 30 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, On the zodiac and Carbon star (sooty red) — 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.