RA 52.2672° · Dec 59.9403° · star
14 more points to reach Anomaly.
HR 1035 is an epic variable star. It lies about 1,941.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cam, shines at apparent magnitude 4.21 and has spectral type B9Ia.
Its spectrum reads B9Ia — 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 1035 in the constellation Cam. At apparent magnitude 4.21, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 1035 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 1035 scores 64 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 14 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 9 science badges — Variable star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Naked-eye visible, Never sets (northern circumpolar), Hot blue B-type star, Supergiant, Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2) and Gently variable — 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.