RA 124.3316° · Dec -47.9201° · star
12 more points to reach Rare.
HD 69973 is an uncommon star. It lies about 1,132.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Vel, shines at apparent magnitude 6.87 and has spectral type B5Vn.
Its spectrum reads B5Vn — 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 69973 in the constellation Vel. At apparent magnitude 6.87, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 69973 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 69973 scores 22 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 12 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Hot blue B-type star, Main-sequence 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.