RA 122.9593° · Dec -27.5235° · star
27 more points to reach Anomaly.
HD 68535 is an epic variable star. It lies about 3,166.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Pup, shines at apparent magnitude 7.92 and has spectral type B3II.
Its spectrum reads B3II — 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 HD 68535 in the constellation Pup. At apparent magnitude 7.92, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 68535 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.
HD 68535 scores 51 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 27 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 8 science badges — Variable star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Hot blue B-type star, Bright giant, Blue-white star, Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2), Gently variable and A named variable 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.