RA 12.2554° · Dec -56.0970° · star
11 more points to reach Rare.
HIP 3812 is an uncommon variable star. It sits in the constellation Phe, shines at apparent magnitude 10.33 and has spectral type B5.
Its spectrum reads B5 — a blue-white B-type star, with a surface tens of thousands of degrees hot and a life measured in tens of millions of years.
Look for HIP 3812 in the constellation Phe. At apparent magnitude 10.33, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 3812 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.
HIP 3812 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 — Variable star, Hot blue B-type star, Blue-white star, 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.