Uncommon star 26 EP

HIP 50632

RA 155.1255° · Dec 25.6783° · star

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Score breakdown

· 5 badges

26 pts · Uncommon

Uncommon 34 pts → Rare

Sun-like G-type star +8
Distant (over 1,000 light-years) +6
Giant star +6
Star +3
On the zodiac +3

Total score 26

8 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

Star · +3
Distant (over 1,000 light-years) · +6
On the zodiac · +3
Sun-like G-type star · +8
Giant star · +6

Trivia

What it actually is

Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G5III — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
Where it is in life. It is a giant. It has already exhausted its core hydrogen and swollen up enormously in response.

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 8.5 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, 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. Impossible with our current technology — and the next millennium of it.

Getting there

Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 38.2 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

absmag: -0.65
bv: 0.937
constellation: Leo
dist ly: 2174.3734
luminosity: 158.4893
mag: 8.47
name: HIP 50632
spect: G5III

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About HIP 50632

HIP 50632 is an uncommon star. It lies about 2,174.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Leo, shines at apparent magnitude 8.47 and has spectral type G5III.

Its spectrum reads G5III — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for HIP 50632 in the constellation Leo. At apparent magnitude 8.47, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HIP 50632 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 HIP 50632 is an uncommon star

HIP 50632 scores 26 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon 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), On the zodiac, Sun-like G-type star and Giant 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.