RA 119.7738° · Dec -23.3104° · star
9 more points to reach Epic.
12 Pup is a rare star. It lies about 860.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Pup, shines at apparent magnitude 5.09 and has spectral type G8II.
Its spectrum reads G8II — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
Look for 12 Pup in the constellation Pup. At apparent magnitude 5.09, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 12 Pup 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.
12 Pup scores 41 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 9 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Sun-like G-type star, Bright giant 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.