RA 97.0425° · Dec -32.5801° · star
4 more points to reach Common.
Lam CMa is a trash star. It lies about 423.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation CMa, shines at apparent magnitude 4.47 and has spectral type B4V.
Lam CMa is a trash star worth 11 points across 2 science badges. Explore its facts, badges and place on the sky map, then add it to your dex on Spacedle.
Look for Lam CMa in the constellation CMa. At apparent magnitude 4.47, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Lam CMa 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.
Lam CMa scores 11 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 2 science badges — Star and Naked-eye visible — 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.