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Rare star 46 EP

HR 2269

RA 95.0176° · Dec 14.6511° · star

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Score breakdown

· 6 badges
46 pts · Rare
Rare 50 pts → Epic
  • Supergiant +18
  • Naked-eye visible +8
  • Deep red star +8
  • In Orion's hunting ground +6
  • Star +3
  • Orange K-type star +3
Total score 46

4 more points to reach Epic.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Naked-eye visible · +8
  • In Orion's hunting ground · +6
  • Orange K-type star · +3
  • Supergiant · +18
  • Deep red star · +8

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads K3Ib — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.
  • Where it is in life. It is a supergiant, hundreds of times wider than the Sun.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 5.7 you can see it with your own eyes from a dark site, over in Orion.
  • Northern sky. It rides the northern half of the sky — an easier target the further north you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around December — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 10.4 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

absmag
-0.628
bv
1.578
constellation
Ori
dist ly
593.011
luminosity
155.3102
mag
5.67
name
HR 2269
spect
K3Ib

About HR 2269

HR 2269 is a rare star. It lies about 593 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Ori, shines at apparent magnitude 5.67 and has spectral type K3Ib.

Its spectrum reads K3Ib — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

How to see it

Look for HR 2269 in the constellation Ori. At apparent magnitude 5.67, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.

Like any astronomical target, HR 2269 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.

Why HR 2269 is a rare star

HR 2269 scores 46 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 6 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, In Orion's hunting ground, Orange K-type star, Supergiant and Deep red 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.