RA 169.3984° · Dec -53.4859° · star
2 more points to reach Common.
HD 98257 is a trash star. It sits in the constellation Cen, shines at apparent magnitude 9.39 and has spectral type A2IV/V.
Its spectrum reads A2IV/V — 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 HD 98257 in the constellation Cen. At apparent magnitude 9.39, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HD 98257 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.
HD 98257 scores 13 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, White A-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.