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Trash variable star 5 EP

HD 276861

RA 72.4498° · Dec 42.2897° · star

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Score breakdown

· 1 badge
5 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Variable star +5
Total score 5

10 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Variable star · +5

Properties

absmag
-11.14
bv
0.901
constellation
Per
mag
8.86
name
HD 276861
spect
F8

About HD 276861

HD 276861 is a trash variable star. It sits in the constellation Per, shines at apparent magnitude 8.86 and has spectral type F8.

HD 276861 is a trash variable star worth 5 points across 1 science badge. Explore its facts, badges and place on the sky map, then add it to your dex on Spacedle.

How to see it

Look for HD 276861 in the constellation Per. At apparent magnitude 8.86, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 276861 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 HD 276861 is a trash variable star

HD 276861 scores 5 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 10 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 1 science badge — 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.

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Sky imagery and survey data courtesy of Aladin Lite & CDS, Strasbourg. Object data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, JPL Small-Body Database, and the ATNF Pulsar Catalogue.