RA 179.8095° · Dec -62.7769° · star
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HD 104083 is a trash star. It lies about 425.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cru, shines at apparent magnitude 8.39 and has spectral type F5:.
Its spectrum reads F5: — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for HD 104083 in the constellation Cru. At apparent magnitude 8.39, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 104083 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 104083 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, Under the Southern Cross and Yellow-white F-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.