RA 177.4859° · Dec -70.2258° · star
3 more points to reach Epic.
HR 4538 is a rare star. It lies about 948.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Mus, shines at apparent magnitude 4.98 and has spectral type G5Ib.
Its spectrum reads G5Ib — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
Look for HR 4538 in the constellation Mus. At apparent magnitude 4.98, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 4538 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.
HR 4538 scores 47 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Sun-like G-type star, Supergiant and Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2) — 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.