RA 51.4891° · Dec 49.1208° · star
11 more points to reach Rare.
HR 1029 is an uncommon variable star. It lies about 520.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Per, shines at apparent magnitude 6.09 and has spectral type B7V.
Its spectrum reads B7V — a blue-white B-type star, with a surface tens of thousands of degrees hot and a life measured in tens of millions of years.
Look for HR 1029 in the constellation Per. At apparent magnitude 6.09, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HR 1029 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 1029 scores 23 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 11 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Variable star, Hot blue B-type star, Main-sequence star, Blue-white star, Barely variable (under 0.05 mag) and A named variable 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.