RA 55.8121° · Dec -9.7634° · star
16 more points to reach Epic.
Rana is a rare variable star. It lies about 29.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Eri, shines at apparent magnitude 3.52 and has spectral type K0IV.
Its spectrum reads K0IV — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.
Look for Rana in the constellation Eri. At apparent magnitude 3.52, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Rana 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.
Rana scores 34 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 16 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, Has a proper name, Orange K-type star, Subgiant (leaving the main sequence), 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.