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Common star 16 EP

HD 37986

RA 85.4737° · Dec -15.6305° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
16 pts · Common
Common 22 pts → Uncommon
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) +5
  • Star +3
Total score 16

6 more points to reach Uncommon.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8
  • Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) · +5

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G8/K0IV — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Inside our stellar backyard: every radio broadcast humanity has ever made has already swept past it.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 7.4 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Lepus.
  • Southern sky. It rides the southern half of the sky — an easier target the further south you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around December — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 1.7 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 147.9 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
5.045
bv
0.801
constellation
Lep
dist ly
94.7301
luminosity
0.8356
mag
7.36
name
HD 37986
spect
G8/K0IV

About HD 37986

HD 37986 is a common star. It lies about 94.7 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Lep, shines at apparent magnitude 7.36 and has spectral type G8/K0IV.

Its spectrum reads G8/K0IV — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for HD 37986 in the constellation Lep. At apparent magnitude 7.36, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 37986 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.

Why HD 37986 is a common star

HD 37986 scores 16 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 6 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Sun-like G-type star and Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) — 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.