RA 109.6680° · Dec 14.3634° · star
11 more points to reach Rare.
HD 56714 is an uncommon star. It lies about 903.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Gem, shines at apparent magnitude 7.77 and has spectral type B9III.
Its spectrum reads B9III — 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 56714 in the constellation Gem. At apparent magnitude 7.77, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 56714 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 56714 scores 23 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 11 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, On the zodiac, Hot blue B-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.