RA 121.7090° · Dec -66.2999° · star
11 more points to reach Epic.
Maru is a rare star. It lies about 75.9 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Vol, shines at apparent magnitude 13.92 and has spectral type DQ5.
Its spectrum reads DQ5 — a white dwarf — the exposed, Earth-sized cinder of a dead star, with nothing left to burn.
Look for Maru in the constellation Vol. At apparent magnitude 13.92, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.
Like any astronomical target, Maru 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.
Maru scores 39 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 11 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Has a proper name, White dwarf (a burnt-out core) and Intrinsically feeble (Mv > +12) — 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.