RA 44.0574° · Dec 8.3816° · star
3 more points to reach Uncommon.
HR 870 is a common star. It lies about 140.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cet, shines at apparent magnitude 5.97 and has spectral type F7IV.
Its spectrum reads F7IV — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for HR 870 in the constellation Cet. At apparent magnitude 5.97, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 870 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.
HR 870 scores 19 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Yellow-white F-type star and Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) — 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.