RA 43.5644° · Dec 52.7625° · star
2 more points to reach Rare.
18Tau Per is an uncommon variable star. It lies about 254.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Per, shines at apparent magnitude 3.93 and has spectral type G4III....
Its spectrum reads G4III... — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
Look for 18Tau Per in the constellation Per. At apparent magnitude 3.93, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 18Tau Per 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.
18Tau Per scores 32 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, Sun-like G-type star, Giant star, Barely variable (under 0.05 mag) 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.