RA 69.5660° · Dec 20.6847° · star
26 more points to reach Anomaly.
HR 1471 is an epic variable star. It lies about 329.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Tau, shines at apparent magnitude 5.85 and has spectral type B8V.
Its spectrum reads B8V — 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 1471 in the constellation Tau. At apparent magnitude 5.85, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 1471 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 1471 scores 52 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 26 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 9 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, On the zodiac, Hot blue B-type star, Main-sequence star, Blue-white star, Gently variable and Fades out of naked-eye view — 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.