RA 166.4899° · Dec -27.2879° · star
1 more point to reach Rare.
Chi2Hya is an uncommon variable star. It lies about 692.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Hya, shines at apparent magnitude 5.69 and has spectral type B8V.
Its spectrum reads B8V — 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 Chi2Hya in the constellation Hya. At apparent magnitude 5.69, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Chi2Hya 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.
Chi2Hya scores 33 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, Hot blue B-type star, Main-sequence star, Blue-white 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.