RA 146.3118° · Dec -62.5079° · star
10 more points to reach Anomaly.
HR 3884 is an epic variable star. It lies about 1,560.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Car, shines at apparent magnitude 3.69 and has spectral type G5Iab/Ib.
Its spectrum reads G5Iab/Ib — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
Look for HR 3884 in the constellation Car. At apparent magnitude 3.69, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 3884 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.
HR 3884 scores 68 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 10 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 8 science badges — Variable star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Naked-eye visible, Sun-like G-type star, Supergiant, Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2), Strongly variable 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.