RA 190.5016° · Dec 52.7163° · star
4 more points to reach Uncommon.
HIP 61972 is a common star. It lies about 1,194.7 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation UMa, shines at apparent magnitude 10.89 and has spectral type A5.
Its spectrum reads A5 — 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 HIP 61972 in the constellation UMa. At apparent magnitude 10.89, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 61972 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 61972 scores 18 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Never sets (northern circumpolar) and White A-type 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.