RA 100.2825° · Dec -30.6456° · star
6 more points to reach Uncommon.
HD 48261 is a common star. It lies about 673.9 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation CMa, shines at apparent magnitude 7.23 and has spectral type B9V.
Its spectrum reads B9V — 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 HD 48261 in the constellation CMa. At apparent magnitude 7.23, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 48261 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.
HD 48261 scores 16 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 6 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Hot blue B-type star, Main-sequence 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.