RA 168.8010° · Dec 23.0955° · star
7 more points to reach Epic.
72 Leo is a rare star. It lies about 959.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Leo, shines at apparent magnitude 4.56 and has spectral type M3III.
Its spectrum reads M3III — an M-type red star — and M stars are the silent majority: roughly three of every four stars in the galaxy are one.
Look for 72 Leo in the constellation Leo. At apparent magnitude 4.56, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 72 Leo 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.
72 Leo scores 43 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, On the zodiac, Cool red M-type star, Giant star, Deep red star and Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2) — 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.