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Uncommon star 25 EP

HD 69437

RA 124.1782° · Dec -9.0535° · star

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Score breakdown

· 4 badges
25 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Deep red star +8
  • Distant (over 1,000 light-years) +6
  • Star +3
Total score 25

9 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Distant (over 1,000 light-years) · +6
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8
  • Deep red star · +8

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G5 — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

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 7.6 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Hydra.
  • Seen from everywhere. It sits almost on the celestial equator, so it can be seen from essentially anywhere on Earth.
  • 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. ≈ 37.7 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 3.4 million years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
-1.461
bv
1.451
constellation
Hya
dist ly
2145.763
luminosity
334.503
mag
7.63
name
HD 69437
spect
G5

About HD 69437

HD 69437 is an uncommon star. It lies about 2,145.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Hya, shines at apparent magnitude 7.63 and has spectral type G5.

Its spectrum reads G5 — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for HD 69437 in the constellation Hya. At apparent magnitude 7.63, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 69437 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 HD 69437 is an uncommon star

HD 69437 scores 25 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 9 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Sun-like G-type star and Deep red 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.