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Trash star 13 EP

HD 4236

RA 11.1242° · Dec -35.0858° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
13 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Star +3
  • Main-sequence star +2
Total score 13

2 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8
  • Main-sequence star · +2

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G6/G8V: — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

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 10.2 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Sculptor.
  • 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 October — 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. ≈ 5 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 440.5 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
5.545
bv
0.786
constellation
Scl
dist ly
282.1419
luminosity
0.5272
mag
10.23
name
HD 4236
spect
G6/G8V:

About HD 4236

HD 4236 is a trash star. It lies about 282.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Scl, shines at apparent magnitude 10.23 and has spectral type G6/G8V:.

Its spectrum reads G6/G8V: — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for HD 4236 in the constellation Scl. At apparent magnitude 10.23, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, HD 4236 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 HD 4236 is a trash star

HD 4236 scores 13 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Sun-like G-type star and Main-sequence 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.