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Trash variable star 5 EP

HD 308149

RA 165.5670° · Dec -64.2629° · star

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Score breakdown

· 1 badge
5 pts · Trash
Trash 15 pts → Common
  • Variable star +5
Total score 5

10 more points to reach Common.

Badges

  • Variable star · +5

Properties

absmag
-10.51
bv
1.186
constellation
Car
mag
9.49
name
HD 308149
spect
G5

About HD 308149

HD 308149 is a trash variable star. It sits in the constellation Car, shines at apparent magnitude 9.49 and has spectral type G5.

HD 308149 is a trash variable star worth 5 points across 1 science badge. Explore its facts, badges and place on the sky map, then add it to your dex on Spacedle.

How to see it

Look for HD 308149 in the constellation Car. At apparent magnitude 9.49, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.

Like any astronomical target, HD 308149 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.

Why HD 308149 is a trash variable star

HD 308149 scores 5 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 10 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 1 science badge — 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.

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Sky imagery and survey data courtesy of Aladin Lite & CDS, Strasbourg. Object data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive, JPL Small-Body Database, and the ATNF Pulsar Catalogue.