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Uncommon star 24 EP

HD 12464

RA 30.2475° · Dec -45.1953° · star

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
24 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Deep red star +8
  • Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) +5
  • Star +3
Total score 24

10 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8
  • Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) · +5
  • Deep red star · +8

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G8/K0IV/V — 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 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Phoenix.
  • 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. ≈ 11.7 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 1 million years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
3.417
bv
1.7
constellation
Phe
dist ly
666.9858
luminosity
3.7428
mag
9.97
name
HD 12464
spect
G8/K0IV/V

About HD 12464

HD 12464 is an uncommon star. It lies about 667 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Phe, shines at apparent magnitude 9.97 and has spectral type G8/K0IV/V.

Its spectrum reads G8/K0IV/V — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for HD 12464 in the constellation Phe. At apparent magnitude 9.97, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, HD 12464 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 HD 12464 is an uncommon star

HD 12464 scores 24 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 10 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Sun-like G-type star, Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) 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.