About HR 2322
HR 2322 is an uncommon star. It sits in the constellation Car, shines at apparent magnitude 5.98 and has spectral type G8III.
Its spectrum reads G8III — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
Uncommon star 25 EP
HR 2322
RA 95.9071° · Dec -52.1811° · star
Score breakdown
· 4 badgesUncommon 34 pts → Rare
- Naked-eye visible +8
- Sun-like G-type star +8
- Giant star +6
- Star +3
Total score 25
9 more points to reach Rare.
Badges
- Star · +3
- Naked-eye visible · +8
- Sun-like G-type star · +8
- Giant star · +6
Trivia
What it actually is
- Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G8III — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
- Where it is in life. It is a giant. It has already exhausted its core hydrogen and swollen up enormously in response.
Find it in the sky
- How to spot it. At magnitude 6 you can see it with your own eyes from a dark site, over in Carina.
- 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 December — that's when to go looking.
What's in a name
- Its catalogue. The HR number is from the Bright Star Catalogue — roughly 9,100 stars, essentially everything the unaided eye can see.
Properties
- absmag
- -14.02
- constellation
- Car
- luminosity
- 35318316.9792
- mag
- 5.98
- name
- HR 2322
- spect
- G8III
How to see it
Look for HR 2322 in the constellation Car. At apparent magnitude 5.98, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 2322 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 HR 2322 is an uncommon star
HR 2322 scores 25 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 9 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Sun-like G-type star and Giant 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.