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Trash variable star 5 EP

HD 81222

RA 140.5674° · Dec -55.9603° · star

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Score breakdown

· 1 badge
5 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Variable star +5
Total score 5

10 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Variable star · +5

Properties

absmag
-12.43
bv
0.752
constellation
Vel
mag
7.57
name
HD 81222
spect
F8II

About HD 81222

HD 81222 is a trash variable star. It sits in the constellation Vel, shines at apparent magnitude 7.57 and has spectral type F8II.

HD 81222 is a trash variable star worth 5 points across 1 science badge. Explore its facts, badges and place on the sky map, then add it to your dex on Spacedle.

How to see it

Look for HD 81222 in the constellation Vel. At apparent magnitude 7.57, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 81222 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.

Why HD 81222 is a trash variable star

HD 81222 scores 5 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 10 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 1 science badge — 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.

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Sky imagery and survey data courtesy of Aladin Lite & CDS, Strasbourg. Object data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, JPL Small-Body Database, and the ATNF Pulsar Catalogue.