RA 138.4509° · Dec 43.2178° · star
15 more points to reach Epic.
36 Lyn is a rare variable star. It lies about 581.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Lyn, shines at apparent magnitude 5.3 and has spectral type B8IIIMNp.
Its spectrum reads B8IIIMNp — 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 36 Lyn in the constellation Lyn. At apparent magnitude 5.3, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 36 Lyn 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.
36 Lyn scores 35 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 15 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, Hot blue B-type star, Giant star, Blue-white star, Barely variable (under 0.05 mag) and A named variable 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.