RA 163.3798° · Dec 69.8539° · star
6 more points to reach Rare.
HR 4243 is an uncommon star. It lies about 144.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation UMa, shines at apparent magnitude 5.91 and has spectral type G9IV.
Its spectrum reads G9IV — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
Look for HR 4243 in the constellation UMa. At apparent magnitude 5.91, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 4243 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 4243 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, Never sets (northern circumpolar), Sun-like G-type star and Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) — 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.