RA 117.6131° · Dec -29.2511° · star
6 more points to reach Common.
HIP 38271 is a trash star. It lies about 916.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Pup, shines at apparent magnitude 9.21 and has spectral type B.
Its spectrum reads B — 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 HIP 38271 in the constellation Pup. At apparent magnitude 9.21, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 38271 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.
HIP 38271 scores 9 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 6 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 2 science badges — Star and Hot blue B-type 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.