RA 40.1319° · Dec 61.2293° · star
10 more points to reach Epic.
HIP 12469 is a rare variable star. It sits in the constellation Cas, shines at apparent magnitude 10.7 and has spectral type B1Ibe....
Its spectrum reads B1Ibe... — 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 12469 in the constellation Cas. At apparent magnitude 10.7, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 12469 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 12469 scores 40 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 10 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Variable star, Never sets (northern circumpolar), Hot blue B-type star, Supergiant, 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.