RA 73.5125° · Dec 66.3427° · star
4 more points to reach Common.
9Alp Cam is a trash star. It sits in the constellation Cam, shines at apparent magnitude 4.26 and has spectral type O9.5Ia SB:.
9Alp Cam is a trash star worth 11 points across 2 science badges. Explore its facts, badges and place on the sky map, then add it to your dex on Spacedle.
Look for 9Alp Cam in the constellation Cam. At apparent magnitude 4.26, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 9Alp Cam 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.
9Alp Cam scores 11 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 2 science badges — Star and Naked-eye visible — 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.