RA 103.4778° · Dec -25.9427° · star
2 more points to reach Common.
HD 50855 is a trash star. It sits in the constellation CMa, shines at apparent magnitude 10.13 and has spectral type Ap Si.
Its spectrum reads Ap Si — 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 HD 50855 in the constellation CMa. At apparent magnitude 10.13, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HD 50855 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 50855 scores 13 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, White A-type 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.