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Common star 17 EP

Citadelle

RA 4.8211° · Dec 14.0548° · star

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
17 pts · Common
Common 22 pts → Uncommon
  • Has a proper name +8
  • Star +3
  • On the zodiac +3
  • Orange K-type star +3
Total score 17

5 more points to reach Uncommon.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Has a proper name · +8
  • On the zodiac · +3
  • Orange K-type star · +3

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads K0 — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 8.4 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Pisces.
  • Northern sky. It rides the northern half of the sky — an easier target the further north you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around September — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 9.1 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 810.9 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
2.35
bv
0.92
constellation
Psc
dist ly
519.3568
luminosity
10
mag
8.36
name
Citadelle
named
yes
spect
K0

About Citadelle

Citadelle is a common star. It lies about 519.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Psc, shines at apparent magnitude 8.36 and has spectral type K0.

Its spectrum reads K0 — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

How to see it

Look for Citadelle in the constellation Psc. At apparent magnitude 8.36, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, Citadelle 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 Citadelle is a common star

Citadelle scores 17 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 5 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Has a proper name, On the zodiac and Orange K-type 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.