RA 48.9893° · Dec -77.3885° · star
2 more points to reach Uncommon.
Iot Hyi is a common star. It lies about 96.9 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Hyi, shines at apparent magnitude 5.51 and has spectral type F4III.
Its spectrum reads F4III — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for Iot Hyi in the constellation Hyi. At apparent magnitude 5.51, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Iot Hyi 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 Hyi scores 20 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 2 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 Giant 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.