RA 146.7755° · Dec -65.0720° · star
8 more points to reach Epic.
Ups Car is a rare star. It lies about 1,436.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Car, shines at apparent magnitude 2.92 and has spectral type A9.
Its spectrum reads A9 — 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 Ups Car in the constellation Car. At apparent magnitude 2.92, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Ups Car 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.
Ups Car 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 5 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Naked-eye visible, White A-type star and Blindingly luminous (Mv < −5) — 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.