RA 70.8400° · Dec 49.9738° · star
11 more points to reach Rare.
HR 1493 is an uncommon star. It lies about 683.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Per, shines at apparent magnitude 5.86 and has spectral type B9III.
Its spectrum reads B9III — 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 1493 in the constellation Per. At apparent magnitude 5.86, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 1493 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 1493 scores 23 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 11 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Hot blue B-type star and Giant 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.