RA 128.2952° · Dec -5.2226° · star
10 more points to reach Rare.
HD 72506 is an uncommon star. It lies about 1,953 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Hya, shines at apparent magnitude 6.8 and has spectral type A2.
Its spectrum reads A2 — an A-type star: white-hot, typically about twice the Sun's mass, and the class most of the sky's famous bright stars belong to.
Look for HD 72506 in the constellation Hya. At apparent magnitude 6.8, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 72506 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 72506 scores 24 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 10 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), White A-type star and Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2) — 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.