RA 61.6517° · Dec 27.5999° · star
2 more points to reach Rare.
41 Tau is an uncommon variable star. It lies about 420.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Tau, shines at apparent magnitude 5.18 and has spectral type B9p Si.
Its spectrum reads B9p Si — 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 41 Tau in the constellation Tau. At apparent magnitude 5.18, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 41 Tau 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.
41 Tau scores 32 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, On the zodiac, Hot blue B-type star, Blue-white star, 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.