RA 88.4994° · Dec 26.4225° · star
2 more points to reach Uncommon.
HD 39478 is a common star. It lies about 2,363.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Tau, shines at apparent magnitude 8.25 and has spectral type B2V.
Its spectrum reads B2V — 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 39478 in the constellation Tau. At apparent magnitude 8.25, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 39478 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 39478 scores 20 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), On the zodiac, Hot blue B-type star and Main-sequence 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.