RA 78.3872° · Dec -31.9043° · star
7 more points to reach Uncommon.
HD 34088 is a common star. It lies about 252.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Col, shines at apparent magnitude 7.5 and has spectral type AV + (F/G).
Its spectrum reads AV + (F/G) — 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 HD 34088 in the constellation Col. At apparent magnitude 7.5, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 34088 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.
HD 34088 scores 15 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, White A-type star, Main-sequence star 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.