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Common star 19 EP

Uúba

RA 358.6674° · Dec -37.6279° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
19 pts · Common
Common 22 pts → Uncommon
  • Has a proper name +8
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Star +3
Total score 19

3 more points to reach Uncommon.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Has a proper name · +8
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G8 — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

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 9.8 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Sculptor.
  • Southern sky. It rides the southern half of the sky — an easier target the further south you are.
  • 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. ≈ 4.4 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 392.6 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
5.355
bv
0.815
constellation
Scl
dist ly
251.4695
luminosity
0.6281
mag
9.79
name
Uúba
named
yes
spect
G8

About Uúba

Uúba is a common star. It lies about 251.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Scl, shines at apparent magnitude 9.79 and has spectral type G8.

Its spectrum reads G8 — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for Uúba in the constellation Scl. At apparent magnitude 9.79, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, Uúba 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 Uúba is a common star

Uúba scores 19 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Has a proper name and Sun-like G-type 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.