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Uncommon star 23 EP

HD 108791

RA 187.6778° · Dec -73.0887° · star

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
23 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Bright giant +12
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Star +3
Total score 23

11 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8
  • Bright giant · +12

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G8/K0II — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 7 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Musca.
  • Southern sky only. So far south it never rises for most of the northern hemisphere. To see it you'd have to travel to Chile, South Africa or Australia.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around March — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 16.1 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 1.4 million years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

absmag
-0.293
bv
1.096
constellation
Mus
dist ly
916.1686
luminosity
114.0775
mag
6.95
name
HD 108791
spect
G8/K0II

About HD 108791

HD 108791 is an uncommon star. It lies about 916.2 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Mus, shines at apparent magnitude 6.95 and has spectral type G8/K0II.

Its spectrum reads G8/K0II — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for HD 108791 in the constellation Mus. At apparent magnitude 6.95, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, HD 108791 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.

Why HD 108791 is an uncommon star

HD 108791 scores 23 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 11 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Sun-like G-type star and Bright giant — 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.