RA 11.8347° · Dec 24.2672° · star
15 more points to reach Epic.
34Zet And is a rare variable star. It lies about 189.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation And, shines at apparent magnitude 4.08 and has spectral type K1II.
Its spectrum reads K1II — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.
Look for 34Zet And in the constellation And. At apparent magnitude 4.08, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 34Zet And 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.
34Zet And scores 35 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 15 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, Orange K-type star, Bright giant, Gently variable 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.