RA 66.5879° · Dec 8.5903° · star
5 more points to reach Rare.
HR 1397 is an uncommon variable star. It lies about 645.9 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Tau, shines at apparent magnitude 6.06 and has spectral type B6IV.
Its spectrum reads B6IV — 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 1397 in the constellation Tau. At apparent magnitude 6.06, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HR 1397 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 1397 scores 29 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 5 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Variable star, On the zodiac, Hot blue B-type star, Subgiant (leaving the main sequence), 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.