RA 182.1034° · Dec -24.7289° · star
7 more points to reach Rare.
Alchiba is an uncommon star. It lies about 48.7 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Crv, shines at apparent magnitude 4.02 and has spectral type F0IV/V.
Its spectrum reads F0IV/V — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for Alchiba in the constellation Crv. At apparent magnitude 4.02, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Alchiba 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.
Alchiba scores 27 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, Has a proper name, Yellow-white F-type star and Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) — 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.