RA 108.1104° · Dec -18.6150° · star
1 more point to reach Uncommon.
HD 55494 is a common star. It lies about 2,001 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation CMa, shines at apparent magnitude 9.41 and has spectral type B9.5III/IV.
Its spectrum reads B9.5III/IV — 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 55494 in the constellation CMa. At apparent magnitude 9.41, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HD 55494 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 55494 scores 21 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Hot blue B-type star and Giant 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.