RA 12.2739° · Dec 57.8152° · star
18 more points to reach Anomaly.
Achird is an epic variable star. It lies about 19.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cas, shines at apparent magnitude 3.46 and has spectral type G0V SB.
It is a binary: two stars orbiting a shared centre of mass. More than half of all the 'stars' you can see are actually multiple systems.
Look for Achird in the constellation Cas. At apparent magnitude 3.46, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Achird 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.
Achird scores 60 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 18 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 10 science badges — Variable star, Nearby (<25 ly), Naked-eye visible, Binary star, Has a proper name, 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.