RA 24.5315° · Dec 57.9776° · star
27 more points to reach Anomaly.
HR 461 is an epic star. It lies about 1,744.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cas, shines at apparent magnitude 5.55 and has spectral type G5II.
Its spectrum reads G5II — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
Look for HR 461 in the constellation Cas. At apparent magnitude 5.55, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 461 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 461 scores 51 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 27 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Naked-eye visible, Never sets (northern circumpolar), Sun-like G-type star, Bright giant and Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2) — 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.