RA 82.0613° · Dec -20.7594° · star
11 more points to reach Epic.
Nihal is a rare star. It lies about 160.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Lep, shines at apparent magnitude 2.81 and has spectral type G5II.
Its spectrum reads G5II — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
Look for Nihal in the constellation Lep. At apparent magnitude 2.81, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Nihal 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.
Nihal scores 39 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 11 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Has a proper name, Sun-like G-type star and Bright giant — 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.