RA 139.2726° · Dec -59.2752° · star
26 more points to reach Anomaly.
Aspidiske is an epic star. It lies about 765.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Car, shines at apparent magnitude 2.21 and has spectral type A8Ib.
Its spectrum reads A8Ib — 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 Aspidiske in the constellation Car. At apparent magnitude 2.21, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Aspidiske 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.
Aspidiske scores 52 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 26 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Has a proper name, White A-type star, Supergiant 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.