RA 58.5330° · Dec 31.8836° · star
5 more points to reach Epic.
44Zet Per is a rare star. It lies about 751.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Per, shines at apparent magnitude 2.84 and has spectral type B1Ib.
Its spectrum reads B1Ib — 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 44Zet Per in the constellation Per. At apparent magnitude 2.84, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 44Zet Per 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.
44Zet Per scores 45 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 5 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Hot blue B-type star, Supergiant and Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2) — 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.