RA 177.2221° · Dec -26.0481° · star
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HD 102638 is a trash star. It lies about 1,140.4 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Hya, shines at apparent magnitude 8.44 and has spectral type A6:+....
Its spectrum reads A6:+... — 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 102638 in the constellation Hya. At apparent magnitude 8.44, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 102638 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 102638 scores 14 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years) and White A-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.