RA 161.7395° · Dec -56.7572° · star
6 more points to reach Rare.
HR 4221 is an uncommon star. It lies about 526.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Vel, shines at apparent magnitude 5.14 and has spectral type B8/B9III.
Its spectrum reads B8/B9III — 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 HR 4221 in the constellation Vel. At apparent magnitude 5.14, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 4221 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 4221 scores 28 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 6 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Hot blue B-type star, Giant star 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.