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Common star 16 EP

HD 21626

RA 51.9324° · Dec -43.8559° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
16 pts · Common
Common 22 pts → Uncommon
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) +5
  • Star +3
Total score 16

6 more points to reach Uncommon.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8
  • Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) · +5

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G0IV — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
  • Where it is in life. It is a subgiant, caught in the act of leaving the main sequence as the hydrogen in its core runs out.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 6.7 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Eridanus.
  • Southern sky. It rides the southern half of the sky — an easier target the further south you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around November — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 3.8 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

absmag
2.621
bv
0.501
constellation
Eri
dist ly
216.4273
luminosity
7.7911
mag
6.73
name
HD 21626
spect
G0IV

About HD 21626

HD 21626 is a common star. It lies about 216.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Eri, shines at apparent magnitude 6.73 and has spectral type G0IV.

Its spectrum reads G0IV — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for HD 21626 in the constellation Eri. At apparent magnitude 6.73, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 21626 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.

Why HD 21626 is a common star

HD 21626 scores 16 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 6 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Sun-like G-type star and Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) — 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.