RA 83.4063° · Dec -62.4898° · star
15 more points to reach Anomaly.
Bet Dor is an epic variable star. It lies about 1,006.7 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Dor, shines at apparent magnitude 3.76 and has spectral type F6Ia.
Its spectrum reads F6Ia — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for Bet Dor in the constellation Dor. At apparent magnitude 3.76, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Bet Dor 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.
Bet Dor scores 63 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 15 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 8 science badges — Variable star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Naked-eye visible, Yellow-white F-type star, Supergiant, Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2), Strongly 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.