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Trash star 14 EP

HD 69809

RA 124.8058° · Dec 14.2007° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
14 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Star +3
  • On the zodiac +3
Total score 14

1 more point to reach Common.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • On the zodiac · +3
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G0 — 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 7.9 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Cancer.
  • Northern sky. It rides the northern half of the sky — an easier target the further north you are.
  • 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. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 3.3 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 292.2 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
4.066
bv
0.674
constellation
Cnc
dist ly
187.1232
luminosity
2.0587
mag
7.86
name
HD 69809
spect
G0

About HD 69809

HD 69809 is a trash star. It lies about 187.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cnc, shines at apparent magnitude 7.86 and has spectral type G0.

Its spectrum reads G0 — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for HD 69809 in the constellation Cnc. At apparent magnitude 7.86, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 69809 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 69809 is a trash star

HD 69809 scores 14 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, On the zodiac and Sun-like G-type 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.