RA 214.0175° · Dec 18.9119° · star
5 more points to reach Epic.
HR 5343 is a rare variable star. It sits in the constellation Boo, shines at apparent magnitude 5.98 and has spectral type A8III.
Its spectrum reads A8III — an A-type star: white-hot, typically about twice the Sun's mass, and the class most of the sky's famous bright stars belong to.
Look for HR 5343 in the constellation Boo. At apparent magnitude 5.98, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 5343 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 5343 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 7 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, White A-type star, Giant star, Barely variable (under 0.05 mag), 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.