About Kraz
Kraz is a common star. It lies about 145.7 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Crv, shines at apparent magnitude 2.65 and has spectral type G5II.
Notable enough to have earned a proper name, not just a catalogue number.
Common star 19 EP
Kraz
RA 188.5968° · Dec -23.3968° · star
Score breakdown
· 3 badgesCommon 24 pts → Uncommon
- Naked-eye visible +8
- Has a proper name +8
- Star +3
Total score 19
5 more points to reach Uncommon.
Badges
- Star · +3
- Naked-eye visible · +8
- Has a proper name · +8
Trivia
Could we get there?
- Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.
Getting there
- Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 2.6 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
- Fastest probe ever. ≈ 227.5 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.
- At 10% light speed. ≈ 1457 years in a starship at a tenth of light speed.
- Distance. 146 light-years from Earth.
Look-back time
- Look-back time. The light you'd see left around the year 1880.
Saying hello
- Say hello. A radio message and its reply would take 291 years round-trip.
How we found it
- Named. Notable enough to have earned a proper name, not just a catalogue number.
Properties
- absmag
- -0.6
- bv
- 0.893
- constellation
- Crv
- dist ly
- 145.6704
- mag
- 2.65
- name
- Kraz
- named
- yes
- spect
- G5II
How to see it
Look for Kraz in the constellation Crv. At apparent magnitude 2.65, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Kraz 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 Kraz is a common star
Kraz scores 19 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 5 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible and Has a proper name — 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.