RA 32.7079° · Dec 64.8292° · star
12 more points to reach Rare.
HIP 10173 is an uncommon variable star. It lies about 881.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cas, shines at apparent magnitude 9.27 and has spectral type B5.
Its spectrum reads B5 — a blue-white B-type star, with a surface tens of thousands of degrees hot and a life measured in tens of millions of years.
Look for HIP 10173 in the constellation Cas. At apparent magnitude 9.27, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 10173 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 10173 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 5 science badges — Variable star, Never sets (northern circumpolar), Hot blue B-type star, Gently variable and A named variable 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.