RA 40.1973° · Dec 10.3507° · star
7 more points to reach Common.
HD 16686 is a trash star. It lies about 950.9 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cet, shines at apparent magnitude 9.14 and has spectral type A0.
Its spectrum reads A0 — an A-type star: white-hot, typically about twice the Sun's mass, and the class most of the sky's famous bright stars belong to.
Look for HD 16686 in the constellation Cet. At apparent magnitude 9.14, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HD 16686 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.
HD 16686 scores 8 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 2 science badges — Star and White A-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.