RA 76.9460° · Dec -33.8651° · star
15 more points to reach Epic.
HIP 23868 is a rare variable star. It lies about 793.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Col, shines at apparent magnitude 12.66 and has spectral type A2II.
Its spectrum reads A2II — an A-type star: white-hot, typically about twice the Sun's mass, and the class most of the sky's famous bright stars belong to.
Look for HIP 23868 in the constellation Col. At apparent magnitude 12.66, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 23868 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.
HIP 23868 scores 35 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 15 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Variable star, White A-type star, Bright giant, Strongly variable 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.