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HIP 21733

RA 70.0054° · Dec -31.0753° · star

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Score breakdown

· 2 badges
6 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Star +3
  • Orange K-type star +3
Total score 6

9 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Orange K-type star · +3

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads Kp — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Inside our stellar backyard: every radio broadcast humanity has ever made has already swept past it.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 11 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Caelum.
  • Southern sky. It rides the southern half of the sky — an easier target the further south you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around November — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 1.7 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 152.2 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
8.663
constellation
Cae
dist ly
97.4763
luminosity
0.0298
mag
11.04
name
HIP 21733
spect
Kp

About HIP 21733

HIP 21733 is a trash star. It lies about 97.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cae, shines at apparent magnitude 11.04 and has spectral type Kp.

Its spectrum reads Kp — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

How to see it

Look for HIP 21733 in the constellation Cae. At apparent magnitude 11.04, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, HIP 21733 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.

Why HIP 21733 is a trash star

HIP 21733 scores 6 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 9 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 2 science badges — Star and Orange K-type 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.