RA 79.8661° · Dec 58.1174° · star
5 more points to reach Rare.
15 Cam is an uncommon variable star. It lies about 785.9 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cam, shines at apparent magnitude 6.13 and has spectral type B5V.
Its spectrum reads B5V — a blue-white B-type star, with a surface tens of thousands of degrees hot and a life measured in tens of millions of years.
Look for 15 Cam in the constellation Cam. At apparent magnitude 6.13, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, 15 Cam 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.
15 Cam scores 29 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 5 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Variable star, Never sets (northern circumpolar), Hot blue B-type star, Main-sequence star, Blue-white star, Gently 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.