RA 112.4642° · Dec -23.0243° · star
18 more points to reach Anomaly.
HR 2874 is an epic star. It lies about 3,106.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Pup, shines at apparent magnitude 4.85 and has spectral type A6Ib/II.
Its spectrum reads A6Ib/II — an A-type star: white-hot, typically about twice the Sun's mass, and the class most of the sky's famous bright stars belong to.
Look for HR 2874 in the constellation Pup. At apparent magnitude 4.85, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 2874 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.
HR 2874 scores 60 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 18 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, White A-type star, Supergiant and Blindingly luminous (Mv < −5) — 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.