RA 183.3432° · Dec -56.8932° · star
6 more points to reach Uncommon.
HD 106218 is a common star. It lies about 337.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cru, shines at apparent magnitude 8.56 and has spectral type F2V.
Its spectrum reads F2V — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for HD 106218 in the constellation Cru. At apparent magnitude 8.56, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 106218 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 106218 scores 16 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 6 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Under the Southern Cross, Yellow-white F-type star and Main-sequence 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.