RA 190.7095° · Dec -63.0586° · star
2 more points to reach Epic.
HR 4830 is a rare variable star. It lies about 1,217 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Cru, shines at apparent magnitude 5.27 and has spectral type B2pe.
Its spectrum reads B2pe — 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 HR 4830 in the constellation Cru. At apparent magnitude 5.27, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 4830 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.
HR 4830 scores 48 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 8 science badges — Variable star, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Naked-eye visible, Under the Southern Cross, Hot blue B-type star, Intrinsically luminous (Mv < −2), Barely variable (under 0.05 mag) and A named variable 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.