RA 89.9303° · Dec 37.2126° · star
14 more points to reach Epic.
Mahasim is a rare variable star. It lies about 165.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Aur, shines at apparent magnitude 2.65 and has spectral type A0p Si.
Its spectrum reads A0p Si — 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 Mahasim in the constellation Aur. At apparent magnitude 2.65, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Mahasim 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.
Mahasim scores 36 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 14 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, Has a proper name, White A-type star, Blue-white star, Barely variable (under 0.05 mag) and A named variable 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.