RA 358.8895° · Dec 47.3558° · star
5 more points to reach Epic.
HR 9053 is a rare star. It lies about 1,418.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation And, shines at apparent magnitude 6.01 and has spectral type G8Ib.
Its spectrum reads G8Ib — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
Look for HR 9053 in the constellation And. At apparent magnitude 6.01, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HR 9053 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 9053 scores 45 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 5 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Sun-like G-type star, Supergiant and Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2) — 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.