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Trash star 11 EP

HIP 3213

RA 10.2188° · Dec -51.3803° · star

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Score breakdown

· 2 badges
11 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Star +3
Total score 11

4 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads sdG8 — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
  • Where it is in life. It is a subdwarf: an old, metal-poor star from the galaxy's early days, a little smaller and fainter than a main-sequence star of the same colour.

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 11.3 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Phoenix.
  • 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 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. ≈ 8.1 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

absmag
5.523
bv
0.49
constellation
Phe
dist ly
460.0225
luminosity
0.538
mag
11.27
name
HIP 3213
spect
sdG8

About HIP 3213

HIP 3213 is a trash star. It lies about 460 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Phe, shines at apparent magnitude 11.27 and has spectral type sdG8.

Its spectrum reads sdG8 — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for HIP 3213 in the constellation Phe. At apparent magnitude 11.27, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, HIP 3213 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 HIP 3213 is a trash star

HIP 3213 scores 11 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 2 science badges — Star and Sun-like G-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.