RA 59.4909° · Dec 9.6251° · star
9 more points to reach Common.
HIP 18540 is a trash star. It sits in the constellation Tau and shines at apparent magnitude 11.07.
HIP 18540 is a trash star worth 6 points across 2 science badges. Explore its facts, badges and place on the sky map, then add it to your dex on Spacedle.
Look for HIP 18540 in the constellation Tau. At apparent magnitude 11.07, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 18540 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 18540 scores 6 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 9 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 2 science badges — Star and On the zodiac — 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.