RA 80.0038° · Dec 33.9581° · star
6 more points to reach Epic.
19 Aur is a rare star. It lies about 2,077.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Aur, shines at apparent magnitude 5.05 and has spectral type A5IIvar.
Its spectrum reads A5IIvar — 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 19 Aur in the constellation Aur. At apparent magnitude 5.05, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 19 Aur 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.
19 Aur scores 44 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 6 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Naked-eye visible, White A-type star, Bright giant and Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2) — 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.