RA 47.2651° · Dec 49.6133° · star
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Iot Per is a common star. It lies about 34.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Per, shines at apparent magnitude 4.05 and has spectral type G0V.
Its spectrum reads G0V — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
Look for Iot Per in the constellation Per. At apparent magnitude 4.05, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Iot 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.
Iot Per scores 21 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Sun-like G-type star and Main-sequence 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.