RA 25.6019° · Dec 52.3890° · star
1 more point to reach Common.
HD 232506 is a trash star. It lies about 1,132.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Per, shines at apparent magnitude 9.41 and has spectral type A0.
Its spectrum reads A0 — 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 232506 in the constellation Per. At apparent magnitude 9.41, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HD 232506 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 232506 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 3 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years) and White A-type 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.