RA 95.6516° · Dec 12.5702° · star
4 more points to reach Uncommon.
HR 2287 is a common star. It lies about 227.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Ori, shines at apparent magnitude 6 and has spectral type F0III.
Its spectrum reads F0III — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for HR 2287 in the constellation Ori. At apparent magnitude 6, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 2287 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.
HR 2287 scores 18 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, In Orion's hunting ground, Yellow-white F-type star and Giant 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.