RA 123.7528° · Dec -30.4193° · star
3 more points to reach Uncommon.
HD 69249 is a common star. It lies about 901 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Pup, shines at apparent magnitude 7.99 and has spectral type A0III/IV.
Its spectrum reads A0III/IV — 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 HD 69249 in the constellation Pup. At apparent magnitude 7.99, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 69249 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 69249 scores 19 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, White A-type star, Giant star and Blue-white 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.