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HD 12493

RA 31.1568° · Dec 61.7445° · star

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Score breakdown

· 1 badge
3 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Star +3
Total score 3

12 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3

Properties

absmag
-10.67
bv
0.432
constellation
Cas
mag
9.33
name
HD 12493
spect
B8V

About HD 12493

HD 12493 is a trash star. It sits in the constellation Cas, shines at apparent magnitude 9.33 and has spectral type B8V.

HD 12493 is a trash star worth 3 points across 1 science badge. Explore its facts, badges and place on the sky map, then add it to your dex on Spacedle.

How to see it

Look for HD 12493 in the constellation Cas. At apparent magnitude 9.33, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, HD 12493 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 12493 is a trash star

HD 12493 scores 3 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 12 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 1 science badge — 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.

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Sky imagery and survey data courtesy of Aladin Lite & CDS, Strasbourg. Object data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, JPL Small-Body Database, and the ATNF Pulsar Catalogue.