RA 89.9126° · Dec 19.9137° · star
3 more points to reach Common.
HD 40461 is a trash star. It lies about 671.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Ori, shines at apparent magnitude 10.02 and has spectral type F2.
Its spectrum reads F2 — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for HD 40461 in the constellation Ori. At apparent magnitude 10.02, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HD 40461 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 40461 scores 12 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, In Orion's hunting ground and Yellow-white F-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.