RA 124.8216° · Dec 62.5072° · star
14 more points to reach Epic.
HR 3245 is a rare variable star. It lies about 462 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation UMa, shines at apparent magnitude 5.73 and has spectral type G8III.
Its spectrum reads G8III — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
Look for HR 3245 in the constellation UMa. At apparent magnitude 5.73, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 3245 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.
HR 3245 scores 36 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 14 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, Never sets (northern circumpolar), Sun-like G-type star, Giant star, Barely variable (under 0.05 mag) 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.