RA 179.5882° · Dec -59.7552° · star
6 more points to reach Epic.
HD 103962 is a rare star. It lies about 3,197.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cru, shines at apparent magnitude 7.35 and has spectral type A0II.
Its spectrum reads A0II — 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 103962 in the constellation Cru. At apparent magnitude 7.35, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 103962 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 103962 scores 44 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 6 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Under the Southern Cross, White A-type star, Bright giant 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.