RA 96.9861° · Dec 20.4963° · star
2 more points to reach Common.
16 Gem is a trash star. It lies about 464.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Gem, shines at apparent magnitude 6.22 and has spectral type A2Vs.
Its spectrum reads A2Vs — 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 16 Gem in the constellation Gem. At apparent magnitude 6.22, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, 16 Gem 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.
16 Gem scores 13 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, On the zodiac, White A-type star and Main-sequence 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.