RA 17.4329° · Dec 35.6206° · star
12 more points to reach Epic.
Mirach is a rare star. It lies about 197.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation And, shines at apparent magnitude 2.07 and has spectral type M0IIIvar.
Its spectrum reads M0IIIvar — an M-type red star — and M stars are the silent majority: roughly three of every four stars in the galaxy are one.
Look for Mirach in the constellation And. At apparent magnitude 2.07, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Mirach 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.
Mirach scores 38 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 12 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Has a proper name, Cool red M-type star, Giant star and Deep red 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.