RA 138.9575° · Dec 56.7414° · star
2 more points to reach Rare.
17 UMa is an uncommon star. It lies about 720 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation UMa, shines at apparent magnitude 5.28 and has spectral type K5III.
Its spectrum reads K5III — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.
Look for 17 UMa in the constellation UMa. At apparent magnitude 5.28, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 17 UMa 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.
17 UMa scores 32 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Never sets (northern circumpolar), Orange K-type star, Giant star and Deep red 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.