RA 103.7589° · Dec -20.6743° · star
3 more points to reach Uncommon.
HD 51056 is a common star. It sits in the constellation CMa, shines at apparent magnitude 9.87 and has spectral type A2III.
Its spectrum reads A2III — 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 51056 in the constellation CMa. At apparent magnitude 9.87, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HD 51056 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 51056 scores 19 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, White A-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.