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Trash star 13 EP

HD 58403

RA 110.5889° · Dec -55.1773° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
13 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Star +3
  • Main-sequence star +2
Total score 13

2 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8
  • Main-sequence star · +2

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G6/G8V — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

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 9.5 you'll want a small backyard telescope, over in Carina.
  • Southern sky. It rides the southern half of the sky — an easier target the further south 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. ≈ 9.9 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 878 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
3.277
bv
0.877
constellation
Car
dist ly
562.338
luminosity
4.2579
mag
9.46
name
HD 58403
spect
G6/G8V

About HD 58403

HD 58403 is a trash star. It lies about 562.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Car, shines at apparent magnitude 9.46 and has spectral type G6/G8V.

Its spectrum reads G6/G8V — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for HD 58403 in the constellation Car. At apparent magnitude 9.46, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, HD 58403 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 HD 58403 is a trash star

HD 58403 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, Sun-like G-type star and Main-sequence 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.