RA 187.1451° · Dec -56.3131° · star
7 more points to reach Rare.
HD 108553 is an uncommon star. It lies about 1,964.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cru, shines at apparent magnitude 8.94 and has spectral type A3/A4IV/V.
Its spectrum reads A3/A4IV/V — 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 108553 in the constellation Cru. At apparent magnitude 8.94, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 108553 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 108553 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, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Under the Southern Cross, White A-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.