RA 20.5473° · Dec 58.2896° · star
14 more points to reach Epic.
HD 8159 is a rare star. It lies about 2,470.9 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cas, shines at apparent magnitude 7.79 and has spectral type A1Iab.
Its spectrum reads A1Iab — 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 HD 8159 in the constellation Cas. At apparent magnitude 7.79, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 8159 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.
HD 8159 scores 36 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 14 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Never sets (northern circumpolar), White A-type star and Supergiant — 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.