RA 100.9830° · Dec 25.1311° · star
13 more points to reach Epic.
Mebsuta is a rare star. It lies about 845 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Gem, shines at apparent magnitude 3.06 and has spectral type A3mA6-A9.
Its spectrum reads A3mA6-A9 — 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 Mebsuta in the constellation Gem. At apparent magnitude 3.06, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Mebsuta 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.
Mebsuta scores 37 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 13 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Has a proper name, On the zodiac, White A-type star and Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2) — 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.