RA 130.8858° · Dec -14.0418° · star
3 more points to reach Uncommon.
HD 74409 is a common star. It lies about 918.7 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Hya, shines at apparent magnitude 7.65 and has spectral type B9IV/V.
Its spectrum reads B9IV/V — 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 HD 74409 in the constellation Hya. At apparent magnitude 7.65, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 74409 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 74409 scores 19 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Hot blue B-type star, Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) 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.