RA 126.2384° · Dec -42.7698° · star
13 more points to reach Anomaly.
HR 3322 is an epic variable star. It lies about 1,792.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Pup, shines at apparent magnitude 5.97 and has spectral type B3V.
Its spectrum reads B3V — 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 HR 3322 in the constellation Pup. At apparent magnitude 5.97, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 3322 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 3322 scores 65 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 13 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 10 science badges — Variable star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Naked-eye visible, Hot blue B-type star, Main-sequence star, Blue-white star, Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2) and Gently variable — 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.