RA 75.4922° · Dec 43.8233° · star
3 more points to reach Anomaly.
Almaaz is an epic variable star. It lies about 2,131.7 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Aur, shines at apparent magnitude 3.03 and has spectral type F0Ia.
Its spectrum reads F0Ia — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for Almaaz in the constellation Aur. At apparent magnitude 3.03, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Almaaz 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.
Almaaz scores 75 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 9 science badges — Variable star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Naked-eye visible, Has a proper name, Yellow-white F-type star, Supergiant, Blindingly luminous (Mv < −5) and Gently variable — 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.