RA 27.0821° · Dec 59.3420° · star
3 more points to reach Common.
HIP 8396 is a trash star. It lies about 298.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cas, shines at apparent magnitude 9.97 and has spectral type F8V.
Its spectrum reads F8V — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for HIP 8396 in the constellation Cas. At apparent magnitude 9.97, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 8396 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.
HIP 8396 scores 12 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Never sets (northern circumpolar), Yellow-white F-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.