RA 111.0353° · Dec 40.6724° · star
14 more points to reach Epic.
66 Aur is a rare star. It lies about 1,208 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Aur, shines at apparent magnitude 5.23 and has spectral type K0III.
Its spectrum reads K0III — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.
Look for 66 Aur in the constellation Aur. At apparent magnitude 5.23, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 66 Aur 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.
66 Aur scores 36 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 14 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Naked-eye visible, Orange K-type star, Giant star and Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2) — 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.