RA 79.4177° · Dec -13.5198° · star
10 more points to reach Rare.
HR 1737 is an uncommon star. It lies about 159.9 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Lep, shines at apparent magnitude 5.48 and has spectral type G8IV.
Its spectrum reads G8IV — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
Look for HR 1737 in the constellation Lep. At apparent magnitude 5.48, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 1737 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.
HR 1737 scores 24 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 10 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Sun-like G-type star and Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) — 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.