RA 10.1267° · Dec 56.5373° · star
5 more points to reach Epic.
Schedar is a rare variable star. It lies about 228.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cas, shines at apparent magnitude 2.24 and has spectral type K0II-IIIvar.
Its spectrum reads K0II-IIIvar — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.
Look for Schedar in the constellation Cas. At apparent magnitude 2.24, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Schedar 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.
Schedar 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 8 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, Has a proper name, Never sets (northern circumpolar), Orange K-type star, Bright giant, Barely variable (under 0.05 mag) 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.