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Uncommon star 22 EP

HIP 9560

RA 30.7173° · Dec 5.7058° · star

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
22 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Deep red star +8
  • Star +3
  • On the zodiac +3
Total score 22

12 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

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

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G: — 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 12.3 it is far too faint for the eye: this one belongs to cameras and long exposures, over in Pisces.
  • Seen from everywhere. It sits almost on the celestial equator, so it can be seen from essentially anywhere on Earth.
  • 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. ≈ 1.8 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 157.3 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
9.811
bv
1.441
constellation
Psc
dist ly
100.7277
luminosity
0.0104
mag
12.26
name
HIP 9560
spect
G:

About HIP 9560

HIP 9560 is an uncommon star. It lies about 100.7 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Psc, shines at apparent magnitude 12.26 and has spectral type G:.

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

How to see it

Look for HIP 9560 in the constellation Psc. At apparent magnitude 12.26, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.

Like any astronomical target, HIP 9560 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 9560 is an uncommon star

HIP 9560 scores 22 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 12 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, On the zodiac, 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.