RA 358.8910° · Dec 57.4122° · star
28 more points to reach Anomaly.
HR 9052 is an epic variable star. It sits in the constellation Cas, shines at apparent magnitude 6.03 and has spectral type B0.5IIv SB.
Its spectrum reads B0.5IIv SB — a blue-white B-type star, with a surface tens of thousands of degrees hot and a life measured in tens of millions of years.
Look for HR 9052 in the constellation Cas. At apparent magnitude 6.03, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HR 9052 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 9052 scores 50 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 28 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Variable star, Never sets (northern circumpolar), Hot blue B-type star, Bright giant, Gently variable, Fades out of naked-eye view and A named variable 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.