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Common variable star 15 EP

HD 91089

RA 157.5130° · Dec -43.1298° · star

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Score breakdown

· 2 badges
15 pts · Common
Common 24 pts → Uncommon
  • Distant (>1000 ly) +10
  • Variable star +5
Total score 15

9 more points to reach Uncommon.

Badges

  • Variable star · +5
  • Distant (>1000 ly) · +10

Trivia

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Impossible with our current technology — and the next millennium of it.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 23.1 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 2.1 million years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.
  • At 10% light speed. ≈ 13.2 thousand years in a starship at a tenth of light speed.
  • Distance. 1315 light-years from Earth.

Look-back time

  • Look-back time. The light you'd see left around the year 711.

Saying hello

  • Say hello. A radio message and its reply would take 2630 years round-trip.

Properties

absmag
-0.478
bv
-0.147
constellation
Vel
dist ly
1315.1451
mag
7.55
name
HD 91089
spect
Ap Si

About HD 91089

HD 91089 is a common variable star. It lies about 1,315.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Vel, shines at apparent magnitude 7.55 and has spectral type Ap Si.

HD 91089 is a common variable star worth 15 points across 2 science badges. 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 91089 in the constellation Vel. At apparent magnitude 7.55, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 91089 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 91089 is a common variable star

HD 91089 scores 15 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 9 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 2 science badges — Variable star and Distant (>1000 ly) — 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.