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Common star 19 EP

HIP 9176

RA 29.5296° · Dec 41.3870° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
19 pts · Common
Common 22 pts → Uncommon
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Deep red star +8
  • Star +3
Total score 19

3 more points to reach Uncommon.

Badges

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

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G5 — 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 9.7 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Andromeda.
  • 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. ≈ 3.8 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 339.1 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
5.543
bv
1.403
constellation
And
dist ly
217.1478
luminosity
0.5282
mag
9.66
name
HIP 9176
spect
G5

About HIP 9176

HIP 9176 is a common star. It lies about 217.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation And, shines at apparent magnitude 9.66 and has spectral type G5.

Its spectrum reads G5 — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for HIP 9176 in the constellation And. At apparent magnitude 9.66, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, HIP 9176 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 9176 is a common star

HIP 9176 scores 19 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Sun-like G-type star and Deep red 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.