RA 187.2286° · Dec -61.8709° · star
4 more points to reach Rare.
HD 108610 is an uncommon star. It lies about 1,382 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cru, shines at apparent magnitude 6.93 and has spectral type B3V.
Its spectrum reads B3V — a blue-white B-type star, with a surface tens of thousands of degrees hot and a life measured in tens of millions of years.
Look for HD 108610 in the constellation Cru. At apparent magnitude 6.93, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HD 108610 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 108610 scores 30 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Under the Southern Cross, Hot blue B-type star, Main-sequence star and Blue-white 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.