RA 44.9575° · Dec 47.2207° · star
3 more points to reach Uncommon.
HR 885 is a common star. It lies about 510.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Per, shines at apparent magnitude 5.47 and has spectral type G4p.
Its spectrum reads G4p — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
Look for HR 885 in the constellation Per. At apparent magnitude 5.47, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 885 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 885 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 3 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible and Sun-like G-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.