RA 73.5125° · Dec 66.3427° · star
14 more points to reach Anomaly.
9Alp Cam is an epic star. It sits in the constellation Cam, shines at apparent magnitude 4.26 and has spectral type O9.5Ia SB:.
Its spectrum reads O9.5Ia SB: — an O-type star — the hottest, rarest main class there is. Fewer than one star in a million is an O, and none of them lasts long.
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 64 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 14 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Never sets (northern circumpolar), Blazing O-type star, Supergiant and Blue-white 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.