RA 339.6384° · Dec -15.3025° · star
First charted by GsiorX · 20675d ago
21 more points to reach Anomaly.
EZ Aqr is an epic star. It lies about 11.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Aqr, shines at apparent magnitude 12.66 and has spectral type M5 e.
It is a binary: two stars orbiting a shared centre of mass. More than half of all the 'stars' you can see are actually multiple systems.
Look for EZ Aqr in the constellation Aqr. At apparent magnitude 12.66, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.
Like any astronomical target, EZ Aqr 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.
EZ Aqr scores 57 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 21 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 9 science badges — Star, Nearby (<25 ly), Binary star, Has a proper name, On the zodiac, Cool red M-type star, Deep red star and Red dwarf — 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.