RA 56.0129° · Dec 64.6141° · star
3 more points to reach Common.
HIP 17431 is a trash star. It lies about 635.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cam, shines at apparent magnitude 8.96 and has spectral type A2.
Its spectrum reads A2 — 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 HIP 17431 in the constellation Cam. At apparent magnitude 8.96, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 17431 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.
HIP 17431 scores 12 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Never sets (northern circumpolar) and White A-type 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.