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Uncommon star 24 EP

Nenque

RA 16.1674° · Dec -39.4882° · star

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
24 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Has a proper name +8
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) +5
  • Star +3
Total score 24

10 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Has a proper name · +8
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8
  • Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) · +5

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G3IV — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
  • Where it is in life. It is a subgiant, caught in the act of leaving the main sequence as the hydrogen in its core runs out.

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 7.7 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Phoenix.
  • 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. ≈ 2.4 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

absmag
4.636
bv
0.613
constellation
Phe
dist ly
134.9425
luminosity
1.2179
mag
7.72
name
Nenque
named
yes
spect
G3IV

About Nenque

Nenque is an uncommon star. It lies about 134.9 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Phe, shines at apparent magnitude 7.72 and has spectral type G3IV.

Its spectrum reads G3IV — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for Nenque in the constellation Phe. At apparent magnitude 7.72, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, Nenque 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 Nenque is an uncommon star

Nenque scores 24 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 10 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Has a proper name, Sun-like G-type star and Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) — 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.