RA 84.6447° · Dec -6.1639° · star
7 more points to reach Uncommon.
HD 37470 is a common star. It lies about 962.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Ori, shines at apparent magnitude 8.23 and has spectral type B8p....
Its spectrum reads B8p... — 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 HD 37470 in the constellation Ori. At apparent magnitude 8.23, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 37470 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.
HD 37470 scores 15 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, In Orion's hunting ground and Hot blue B-type 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.