RA 94.5907° · Dec 72.9506° · star
5 more points to reach Common.
HD 42506 is a trash star. It lies about 252.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cam, shines at apparent magnitude 7.8 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 42506 in the constellation Cam. At apparent magnitude 7.8, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 42506 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 42506 scores 10 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 5 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Never sets (northern circumpolar) 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.