RA 179.8568° · Dec -62.8309° · star
16 more points to reach Epic.
HD 104111 is a rare star. It sits in the constellation Cru, shines at apparent magnitude 6.34 and has spectral type A9Ib-II.
Its spectrum reads A9Ib-II — 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 104111 in the constellation Cru. At apparent magnitude 6.34, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 104111 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 104111 scores 34 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 16 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Under the Southern Cross, White A-type star and Supergiant — 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.