RA 92.9850° · Dec 14.2088° · star
1 more point to reach Rare.
70Xi Ori is an uncommon star. It lies about 607.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Ori, shines at apparent magnitude 4.45 and has spectral type B3IV.
Its spectrum reads B3IV — 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 70Xi Ori in the constellation Ori. At apparent magnitude 4.45, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 70Xi Ori 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.
70Xi Ori scores 33 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, In Orion's hunting ground, Hot blue B-type star, Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) 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.