RA 170.3723° · Dec 11.3214° · star
11 more points to reach Rare.
HIP 55461 is an uncommon star. It lies about 3,136.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Leo, shines at apparent magnitude 11.13 and has spectral type B6.
Its spectrum reads B6 — a blue-white B-type star, with a surface tens of thousands of degrees hot and a life measured in tens of millions of years.
Look for HIP 55461 in the constellation Leo. At apparent magnitude 11.13, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 55461 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.
HIP 55461 scores 23 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 11 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), On the zodiac, Hot blue B-type star and Blue-white 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.