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Epic star 61 EP

Azmidi

RA 117.3236° · Dec -24.8598° · star

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Score breakdown

· 7 badges
61 pts · Epic
Epic 78 pts → Anomaly
  • Supergiant +18
  • Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2) +10
  • Naked-eye visible +8
  • Has a proper name +8
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Distant (over 1,000 light-years) +6
  • Star +3
Total score 61

17 more points to reach Anomaly.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Distant (over 1,000 light-years) · +6
  • Naked-eye visible · +8
  • Has a proper name · +8
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8
  • Supergiant · +18
  • Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2) · +10

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G6Ia — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
  • Where it is in life. It is a luminous supergiant — among the largest and rarest stars in the galaxy.

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 3.3 you can see it with your own eyes from a dark site, over in Puppis.
  • 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. Impossible with our current technology — and the next millennium of it.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 21.1 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

absmag
-4.487
bv
1.218
constellation
Pup
dist ly
1199.1031
luminosity
5430.0021
mag
3.34
name
Azmidi
named
yes
spect
G6Ia

About Azmidi

Azmidi is an epic star. It lies about 1,199.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Pup, shines at apparent magnitude 3.34 and has spectral type G6Ia.

Its spectrum reads G6Ia — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for Azmidi in the constellation Pup. At apparent magnitude 3.34, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.

Like any astronomical target, Azmidi 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 Azmidi is an epic star

Azmidi scores 61 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 17 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 7 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Naked-eye visible, Has a proper name, Sun-like G-type star, Supergiant 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.