RA 158.2028° · Dec 9.3066° · star
7 more points to reach Epic.
47Rho Leo is a rare star. It sits in the constellation Leo, shines at apparent magnitude 3.84 and has spectral type B1Ib SB.
Its spectrum reads B1Ib SB — a blue-white B-type star, with a surface tens of thousands of degrees hot and a life measured in tens of millions of years.
Look for 47Rho Leo in the constellation Leo. At apparent magnitude 3.84, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 47Rho Leo 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.
47Rho Leo scores 43 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, On the zodiac, Hot blue B-type star, Supergiant and Blue-white 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.