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HIP 8270

RA 26.6347° · Dec -29.5955° · star

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Score breakdown

· 2 badges
11 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Star +3
Total score 11

4 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G2 — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

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 10.1 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Fornax.
  • Southern sky. It rides the southern half of the sky — an easier target the further south 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. ≈ 5.5 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 485.5 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
5.234
bv
0.6
constellation
For
dist ly
310.9209
luminosity
0.7021
mag
10.13
name
HIP 8270
spect
G2

About HIP 8270

HIP 8270 is a trash star. It lies about 310.9 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation For, shines at apparent magnitude 10.13 and has spectral type G2.

Its spectrum reads G2 — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for HIP 8270 in the constellation For. At apparent magnitude 10.13, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, HIP 8270 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 HIP 8270 is a trash star

HIP 8270 scores 11 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 2 science badges — Star and Sun-like G-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.