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Rare star 42 EP

Ras Elased Australis

RA 146.4628° · Dec 23.7743° · star

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Score breakdown

· 6 badges
42 pts · Rare
Rare 50 pts → Epic
  • Bright giant +12
  • Naked-eye visible +8
  • Has a proper name +8
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Star +3
  • On the zodiac +3
Total score 42

8 more points to reach Epic.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Naked-eye visible · +8
  • Has a proper name · +8
  • On the zodiac · +3
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8
  • Bright giant · +12

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G0II — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
  • Where it is in life. It is a bright giant, well on its way to the largest stars there are.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 3 you can see it with your own eyes from a dark site, over in Leo.
  • Northern sky. It rides the northern half of the sky — an easier target the further north you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around February — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 4.3 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

absmag
-1.424
bv
0.808
constellation
Leo
dist ly
246.7142
luminosity
323.2958
mag
2.97
name
Ras Elased Australis
named
yes
spect
G0II

About Ras Elased Australis

Ras Elased Australis is a rare star. It lies about 246.7 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Leo, shines at apparent magnitude 2.97 and has spectral type G0II.

Its spectrum reads G0II — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for Ras Elased Australis in the constellation Leo. At apparent magnitude 2.97, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.

Like any astronomical target, Ras Elased Australis 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 Ras Elased Australis is a rare star

Ras Elased Australis scores 42 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 8 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 6 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Has a proper name, On the zodiac, Sun-like G-type star and Bright giant — 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.