RA 63.8075° · Dec 54.9639° · star
7 more points to reach Uncommon.
HD 26596 is a common star. It lies about 195 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cam, shines at apparent magnitude 8.18 and has spectral type F9IV:.
Its spectrum reads F9IV: — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for HD 26596 in the constellation Cam. At apparent magnitude 8.18, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 26596 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.
HD 26596 scores 15 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Never sets (northern circumpolar), Yellow-white F-type star and Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) — 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.