RA 99.4230° · Dec 61.4812° · star
10 more points to reach Rare.
8 Lyn is an uncommon star. It lies about 169.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Lyn, shines at apparent magnitude 5.94 and has spectral type G8IV-V.
Its spectrum reads G8IV-V — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
Look for 8 Lyn in the constellation Lyn. At apparent magnitude 5.94, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 8 Lyn 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.
8 Lyn scores 24 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 10 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Sun-like G-type star and Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) — 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.