RA 93.3771° · Dec 37.1591° · star
10 more points to reach Rare.
HD 42617 is an uncommon star. It lies about 1,929.9 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Aur, shines at apparent magnitude 6.77 and has spectral type A0.
Its spectrum reads A0 — 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 HD 42617 in the constellation Aur. At apparent magnitude 6.77, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 42617 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 42617 scores 24 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 10 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), White A-type star and Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2) — 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.