RA 16.5948° · Dec 62.7614° · star
1 more point to reach Common.
HR 309 is a trash star. It lies about 211.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cas, shines at apparent magnitude 6.52 and has spectral type A5Vn.
Its spectrum reads A5Vn — an A-type star: white-hot, typically about twice the Sun's mass, and the class most of the sky's famous bright stars belong to.
Look for HR 309 in the constellation Cas. At apparent magnitude 6.52, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HR 309 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.
HR 309 scores 14 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Never sets (northern circumpolar), White A-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.