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Trash star 9 EP

HR 2673

RA 107.0553° · Dec 33.8324° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
9 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Star +3
  • On the zodiac +3
  • Orange K-type star +3
Total score 9

6 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • On the zodiac · +3
  • Orange K-type star · +3

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads K1 — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 6.3 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Gemini.
  • Northern sky. It rides the northern half of the sky — an easier target the further north you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around January — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 11 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 973.7 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
-0.097
bv
1.356
constellation
Gem
dist ly
623.6253
luminosity
95.2357
mag
6.31
name
HR 2673
spect
K1

About HR 2673

HR 2673 is a trash star. It lies about 623.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Gem, shines at apparent magnitude 6.31 and has spectral type K1.

Its spectrum reads K1 — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

How to see it

Look for HR 2673 in the constellation Gem. At apparent magnitude 6.31, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HR 2673 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.

Why HR 2673 is a trash star

HR 2673 scores 9 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 6 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, On the zodiac and Orange K-type 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.