RA 161.0470° · Dec 44.6789° · star
7 more points to reach Rare.
HIP 52508 is an uncommon variable star. It lies about 1,347.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation UMa, shines at apparent magnitude 9.73 and has spectral type F3V.
Its spectrum reads F3V — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for HIP 52508 in the constellation UMa. At apparent magnitude 9.73, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 52508 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.
HIP 52508 scores 27 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Variable star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Never sets (northern circumpolar), Yellow-white F-type star, Main-sequence star, Gently variable and A named variable 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.