RA 169.2424° · Dec -7.1347° · star
7 more points to reach Uncommon.
HR 4369 is a common variable star. It lies about 422.5 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Crt, shines at apparent magnitude 6.11 and has spectral type A2p....
Its spectrum reads A2p... — an A-type star: white-hot, typically about twice the Sun's mass, and the class most of the sky's famous bright stars belong to.
Look for HR 4369 in the constellation Crt. At apparent magnitude 6.11, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HR 4369 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 4369 scores 15 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Variable star, White A-type star, Barely variable (under 0.05 mag) 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.