Trash star 11 EP

HD 6440

RA 16.3746° · Dec 15.3901° · star

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges

11 pts · Trash

Trash 15 pts → Common

Star +3
On the zodiac +3
Orange K-type star +3
Main-sequence star +2

Total score 11

4 more points to reach Common.

Badges

Star · +3
On the zodiac · +3
Orange K-type star · +3
Main-sequence star · +2

Trivia

What it actually is

Spectral class. Its spectrum reads K2V — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.
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. Inside our stellar backyard: every radio broadcast humanity has ever made has already swept past it.

Find it in the sky

How to spot it. At magnitude 8.7 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Pisces.
Northern sky. It rides the northern half of the sky — an easier target the further north 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. ≈ 1.5 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

absmag: 6.549
bv: 1.197
constellation: Psc
dist ly: 86.2161
luminosity: 0.2091
mag: 8.66
name: HD 6440
spect: K2V

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About HD 6440

HD 6440 is a trash star. It lies about 86.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Psc, shines at apparent magnitude 8.66 and has spectral type K2V.

Its spectrum reads K2V — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

How to see it

Look for HD 6440 in the constellation Psc. At apparent magnitude 8.66, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 6440 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 6440 is a trash star

HD 6440 scores 11 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, On the zodiac, Orange K-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.