RA 40.9212° · Dec 21.1471° · star
4 more points to reach Common.
HD 16956 is a trash star. It lies about 378.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Ari, shines at apparent magnitude 7.8 and has spectral type A2mp.
Its spectrum reads A2mp — 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 16956 in the constellation Ari. At apparent magnitude 7.8, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 16956 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 16956 scores 11 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, On the zodiac 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.