RA 99.8880° · Dec 28.2631° · star
2 more points to reach Uncommon.
54 Aur is a common star. It lies about 842.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Aur, shines at apparent magnitude 6.02 and has spectral type B7III.
Its spectrum reads B7III — a blue-white B-type star, with a surface tens of thousands of degrees hot and a life measured in tens of millions of years.
Look for 54 Aur in the constellation Aur. At apparent magnitude 6.02, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, 54 Aur 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.
54 Aur scores 20 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Hot blue B-type star, Giant star and Blue-white 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.