RA 50.0817° · Dec 77.7347° · star
12 more points to reach Rare.
HR 961 is an uncommon star. It lies about 264.7 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cep, shines at apparent magnitude 5.44 and has spectral type A6V.
Its spectrum reads A6V — an A-type star: white-hot, typically about twice the Sun's mass, and the class most of the sky's famous bright stars belong to.
Look for HR 961 in the constellation Cep. At apparent magnitude 5.44, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 961 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 961 scores 22 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 12 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Never sets (northern circumpolar), White A-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.