RA 130.2870° · Dec 15.5219° · star
4 more points to reach Common.
HIP 42621 is a trash star. It sits in the constellation Cnc, shines at apparent magnitude 9.11 and has spectral type A5.
Its spectrum reads A5 — 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 HIP 42621 in the constellation Cnc. At apparent magnitude 9.11, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 42621 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.
HIP 42621 scores 11 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, On the zodiac and White A-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.