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Trash star 12 EP

HIP 24124

RA 77.7185° · Dec 6.2744° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
12 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • In Orion's hunting ground +6
  • Star +3
  • Orange K-type star +3
Total score 12

3 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • In Orion's hunting ground · +6
  • Orange K-type star · +3

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads K7 — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 10.9 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Orion.
  • Seen from everywhere. It sits almost on the celestial equator, so it can be seen from essentially anywhere on Earth.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around December — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 4.7 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 415.7 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
6.381
bv
0.979
constellation
Ori
dist ly
266.2499
luminosity
0.2441
mag
10.94
name
HIP 24124
spect
K7

About HIP 24124

HIP 24124 is a trash star. It lies about 266.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Ori, shines at apparent magnitude 10.94 and has spectral type K7.

Its spectrum reads K7 — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

How to see it

Look for HIP 24124 in the constellation Ori. At apparent magnitude 10.94, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, HIP 24124 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 HIP 24124 is a trash star

HIP 24124 scores 12 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, In Orion's hunting ground and Orange K-type 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.