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Trash star 13 EP

HIP 22246

RA 71.8263° · Dec 45.9863° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
13 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Star +3
  • Main-sequence star +2
Total score 13

2 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8
  • Main-sequence star · +2

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G8:V: — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 10.1 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Perseus.
  • Northern sky. It rides the northern half of the sky — an easier target the further north you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around December — 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. ≈ 3.2 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 288 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
6.357
bv
0.8
constellation
Per
dist ly
184.4774
luminosity
0.2496
mag
10.12
name
HIP 22246
spect
G8:V:

About HIP 22246

HIP 22246 is a trash star. It lies about 184.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Per, shines at apparent magnitude 10.12 and has spectral type G8:V:.

Its spectrum reads G8:V: — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for HIP 22246 in the constellation Per. At apparent magnitude 10.12, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, HIP 22246 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 22246 is a trash star

HIP 22246 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 3 science badges — Star, Sun-like G-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.