RA 90.6162° · Dec -66.7913° · star
2 more points to reach Uncommon.
HIP 28618 is a common star. It lies about 1,591 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Dor, shines at apparent magnitude 12.31 and has spectral type B3.
Its spectrum reads B3 — 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 HIP 28618 in the constellation Dor. At apparent magnitude 12.31, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 28618 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.
HIP 28618 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 4 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Hot blue B-type star and Blue-white 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.