RA 169.7776° · Dec 13.3908° · star
4 more points to reach Common.
HD 98388 is a trash star. It lies about 143.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Leo, shines at apparent magnitude 7.12 and has spectral type F8V.
Its spectrum reads F8V — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for HD 98388 in the constellation Leo. At apparent magnitude 7.12, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 98388 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 98388 scores 11 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, On the zodiac, Yellow-white F-type star and Main-sequence 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.