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Trash star 3 EP

HD 16986

RA 40.7576° · Dec -16.6237° · star

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Score breakdown

· 1 badge
3 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Star +3
Total score 3

12 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3

Properties

absmag
-9.66
bv
0.516
constellation
Cet
mag
10.34
name
HD 16986
spect
F2/F3V

About HD 16986

HD 16986 is a trash star. It sits in the constellation Cet, shines at apparent magnitude 10.34 and has spectral type F2/F3V.

HD 16986 is a trash star worth 3 points across 1 science badge. Explore its facts, badges and place on the sky map, then add it to your dex on Spacedle.

How to see it

Look for HD 16986 in the constellation Cet. At apparent magnitude 10.34, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, HD 16986 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.

Why HD 16986 is a trash star

HD 16986 scores 3 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 12 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 1 science badge — 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.

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Sky imagery and survey data courtesy of Aladin Lite & CDS, Strasbourg. Object data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, JPL Small-Body Database, and the ATNF Pulsar Catalogue.