Rare star 37 EP

HR 2024

RA 87.6251° · Dec 2.0247° · star

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Score breakdown

· 6 badges

37 pts · Rare

Rare 50 pts → Epic

Naked-eye visible +8
Sun-like G-type star +8
Distant (over 1,000 light-years) +6
In Orion's hunting ground +6
Giant star +6
Star +3

Total score 37

13 more points to reach Epic.

Badges

Star · +3
Distant (over 1,000 light-years) · +6
Naked-eye visible · +8
In Orion's hunting ground · +6
Sun-like G-type star · +8
Giant star · +6

Trivia

What it actually is

Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G8III+... — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
Where it is in life. It is a giant. It has already exhausted its core hydrogen and swollen up enormously in response.

Sense of scale

In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

How to spot it. At magnitude 6 you can see it with your own eyes from a dark site, over in Orion.
Seen from everywhere. It sits almost on the celestial equator, so it can be seen from essentially anywhere on Earth.
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. Impossible with our current technology — and the next millennium of it.

Getting there

Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 18.1 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

absmag: -1.532
bv: 0.953
constellation: Ori
dist ly: 1032.1393
luminosity: 357.1083
mag: 5.97
name: HR 2024
spect: G8III+...

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About HR 2024

HR 2024 is a rare star. It lies about 1,032.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Ori, shines at apparent magnitude 5.97 and has spectral type G8III+....

Its spectrum reads G8III+... — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for HR 2024 in the constellation Ori. At apparent magnitude 5.97, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.

Like any astronomical target, HR 2024 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 HR 2024 is a rare star

HR 2024 scores 37 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 13 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 6 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Naked-eye visible, In Orion's hunting ground, Sun-like G-type star and Giant 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.