RA 127.9771° · Dec 9.8141° · star
5 more points to reach Uncommon.
HR 3361 is a common star. It lies about 726.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cnc, shines at apparent magnitude 6.78 and has spectral type B9p....
Its spectrum reads B9p... — 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 3361 in the constellation Cnc. At apparent magnitude 6.78, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HR 3361 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 3361 scores 17 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 5 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, On the zodiac, Hot blue B-type 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.