RA 189.3480° · Dec 25.0666° · star
1 more point to reach Common.
HIP 61602 is a trash star. It lies about 530.3 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Com, shines at apparent magnitude 10.53 and has spectral type Bp.
Its spectrum reads Bp — 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 HIP 61602 in the constellation Com. At apparent magnitude 10.53, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 61602 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.
HIP 61602 scores 14 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the trash tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Hot blue B-type 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.