RA 88.7458° · Dec 31.7015° · star
1 more point to reach Uncommon.
HR 2046 is a common star. It lies about 277.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Aur, shines at apparent magnitude 5.9 and has spectral type A5IV.
Its spectrum reads A5IV — an A-type star: white-hot, typically about twice the Sun's mass, and the class most of the sky's famous bright stars belong to.
Look for HR 2046 in the constellation Aur. At apparent magnitude 5.9, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 2046 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.
HR 2046 scores 21 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, White A-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.