RA 83.9006° · Dec -78.8208° · star
7 more points to reach Rare.
Iot Men is an uncommon variable star. It lies about 853.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Men, shines at apparent magnitude 6.04 and has spectral type B8III.
Its spectrum reads B8III — 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 Iot Men in the constellation Men. At apparent magnitude 6.04, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, Iot Men 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.
Iot Men scores 27 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Variable star, Hot blue B-type star, Giant star, Blue-white star, Barely variable (under 0.05 mag) 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.