Trash star 9 EP

HD 98603

RA 170.2013° · Dec 2.8623° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges

9 pts · Trash

Trash 15 pts → Common

Star +3
On the zodiac +3
Orange K-type star +3

Total score 9

6 more points to reach Common.

Badges

Star · +3
On the zodiac · +3
Orange K-type star · +3

Trivia

What it actually is

Spectral class. Its spectrum reads K0 — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

Sense of scale

In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

How to spot it. At magnitude 8.1 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Leo.
Seen from everywhere. It sits almost on the celestial equator, so it can be seen from essentially anywhere on Earth.
Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around March — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 15.6 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
Fastest probe ever. ≈ 1.4 million years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag: 0.909
bv: 0.893
constellation: Leo
dist ly: 886.2934
luminosity: 37.7051
mag: 8.08
name: HD 98603
spect: K0

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About HD 98603

HD 98603 is a trash star. It lies about 886.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Leo, shines at apparent magnitude 8.08 and has spectral type K0.

Its spectrum reads K0 — a K-type star. Orange K dwarfs are the marathon runners of the galaxy, burning steadily for tens of billions of years.

How to see it

Look for HD 98603 in the constellation Leo. At apparent magnitude 8.08, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 98603 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.

Why HD 98603 is a trash star

HD 98603 scores 9 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 6 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, On the zodiac and Orange K-type 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.