RA 71.8944° · Dec -79.8072° · star
3 more points to reach Uncommon.
HD 31908 is a common variable star. It lies about 1,462.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Men, shines at apparent magnitude 7.85 and has spectral type Fm....
Its spectrum reads Fm... — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for HD 31908 in the constellation Men. At apparent magnitude 7.85, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 31908 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.
HD 31908 scores 19 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Variable star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Yellow-white F-type 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.