RA 39.5858° · Dec 61.0694° · star
3 more points to reach Uncommon.
HIP 12293 is a common star. It lies about 2,329.7 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cas, shines at apparent magnitude 8.84 and has spectral type B2.
Its spectrum reads B2 — 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 12293 in the constellation Cas. At apparent magnitude 8.84, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 12293 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 12293 scores 19 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Never sets (northern circumpolar) and Hot blue B-type 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.