RA 140.3301° · Dec 81.7243° · star
4 more points to reach Uncommon.
HIP 45880 is a common star. It lies about 867.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cam, shines at apparent magnitude 11.93 and has spectral type B2.
Its spectrum reads B2 — 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 HIP 45880 in the constellation Cam. At apparent magnitude 11.93, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 45880 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 45880 scores 18 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Never sets (northern circumpolar), Hot blue B-type star 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.