Trash star 13 EP

HD 9446

RA 23.3340° · Dec 29.2651° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges

13 pts · Trash

Trash 15 pts → Common

Sun-like G-type star +8
Star +3
Main-sequence star +2

Total score 13

2 more points to reach Common.

Badges

Star · +3
Sun-like G-type star · +8
Main-sequence star · +2

Trivia

What it actually is

Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G5V — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
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. 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 8.3 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Triangulum.
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. ≈ 3 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

absmag: 4.755
bv: 0.68
constellation: Tri
dist ly: 170.7622
luminosity: 1.0914
mag: 8.35
name: HD 9446
spect: G5V

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About HD 9446

HD 9446 is a trash star. It lies about 170.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Tri, shines at apparent magnitude 8.35 and has spectral type G5V.

Its spectrum reads G5V — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for HD 9446 in the constellation Tri. At apparent magnitude 8.35, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 9446 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 9446 is a trash star

HD 9446 scores 13 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Sun-like G-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.