RA 188.0612° · Dec -62.4993° · star
1 more point to reach Uncommon.
HD 109047 is a common star. It lies about 789.7 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cru, shines at apparent magnitude 9.47 and has spectral type A1IV.
Its spectrum reads A1IV — 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 109047 in the constellation Cru. At apparent magnitude 9.47, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HD 109047 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 109047 scores 21 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, 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.