RA 37.6348° · Dec 25.2350° · star
12 more points to reach Rare.
HR 728 is an uncommon star. It lies about 168.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Ari, shines at apparent magnitude 5.88 and has spectral type F6IV.
Its spectrum reads F6IV — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for HR 728 in the constellation Ari. At apparent magnitude 5.88, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 728 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.
HR 728 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 — Star, Naked-eye visible, On the zodiac, Yellow-white F-type star and Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) — 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.