RA 161.2668° · Dec 67.4114° · star
30 more points to reach Mythic.
HR 4195 is an anomaly variable star. It lies about 1,240.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation UMa, shines at apparent magnitude 5.95 and has spectral type C5II.
Its spectrum reads C5II — a carbon star, wrapped in so much soot that its light is filtered to a deep ruby red.
Look for HR 4195 in the constellation UMa. At apparent magnitude 5.95, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 4195 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.
HR 4195 scores 90 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the anomaly tier. Another 30 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 10 science badges — Variable star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Naked-eye visible, Never sets (northern circumpolar), Carbon star (sooty red), Bright giant, Deep red star and Gently variable — 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.