Uncommon star 23 EP

HD 4562

RA 12.0969° · Dec 60.9617° · star

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Score breakdown

· 5 badges

23 pts · Uncommon

Uncommon 34 pts → Rare

Sun-like G-type star +8
Distant (over 1,000 light-years) +6
Never sets (northern circumpolar) +4
Star +3
Main-sequence star +2

Total score 23

11 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

Star · +3
Distant (over 1,000 light-years) · +6
Never sets (northern circumpolar) · +4
Sun-like G-type star · +8
Main-sequence star · +2

Trivia

What it actually is

Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G8V — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
Where it is in life. It is on the main sequence, quietly fusing hydrogen in its core exactly as the Sun does.

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 Cassiopeia.
Never sets. So far north that from Britain, Canada or northern Europe it never dips below the horizon — it is up every clear night of the year.
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. Impossible with our current technology — and the next millennium of it.

Getting there

Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 50.7 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

absmag: -1.295
bv: 1.027
constellation: Cas
dist ly: 2886.3364
luminosity: 287.0781
mag: 8.44
name: HD 4562
spect: G8V

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About HD 4562

HD 4562 is an uncommon star. It lies about 2,886.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cas, shines at apparent magnitude 8.44 and has spectral type G8V.

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

How to see it

Look for HD 4562 in the constellation Cas. At apparent magnitude 8.44, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 4562 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 4562 is an uncommon star

HD 4562 scores 23 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 11 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Never sets (northern circumpolar), 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.