RA 178.7739° · Dec 46.4768° · star
11 more points to reach Rare.
65 UMa is an uncommon variable star. It lies about 691 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation UMa, shines at apparent magnitude 6.54 and has spectral type A3Vn.
Its spectrum reads A3Vn — 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 65 UMa in the constellation UMa. At apparent magnitude 6.54, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, 65 UMa 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.
65 UMa 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 6 science badges — Variable star, Never sets (northern circumpolar), White A-type star, Main-sequence star, Gently variable and A named variable 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.