RA 65.9907° · Dec 24.3038° · star
2 more points to reach Common.
HIP 20531 is a trash star. It sits in the constellation Tau, shines at apparent magnitude 8.18 and has spectral type A1Vp.
Its spectrum reads A1Vp — an A-type star: white-hot, typically about twice the Sun's mass, and the class most of the sky's famous bright stars belong to.
Look for HIP 20531 in the constellation Tau. At apparent magnitude 8.18, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 20531 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 20531 scores 13 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, On the zodiac, White A-type star and Main-sequence 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.