RA 59.3560° · Dec 63.0723° · star
6 more points to reach Rare.
HR 1204 is an uncommon star. It lies about 360.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cam, shines at apparent magnitude 4.95 and has spectral type B9.5V.
Its spectrum reads B9.5V — 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 1204 in the constellation Cam. At apparent magnitude 4.95, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 1204 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 1204 scores 28 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 6 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Never sets (northern circumpolar), Hot blue B-type star, Main-sequence star and Blue-white 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.